Roman Empire

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The Roman Empire was a vast and influential ancient civilization that dominated the Mediterranean world and much of Europe for centuries, profoundly shaping law, politics, culture, and religion in Western history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient civilization
historical empire
state
administrativeDivision province
alsoKnownAs Roman Empire
surface form: Imperium Romanorum

Roman Empire
surface form: Imperium Romanum

Roman Empire
surface form: Imperium Romanum Occidentale

Roman Empire
surface form: Imperium Romanum Orientale
border Hadrian's Wall
Limes Germanicus
capital Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople

Rome
continent Africa
Asia
Europe
culturalLegacy Byzantine culture
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Romance languages
civil law tradition
currency aureus
denarius
solidus
economicActivity Mediterranean trade
agriculture
endTime 1453 AD
476 AD
endTimeNote 1453 AD for Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire)
476 AD for Western Roman Empire
firstEmperor Augustus
followedBy Byzantine Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire
foundingEvent Battle of Actium
constitutional settlement of 27 BC
governmentForm autocracy
dominate
principate
keyEvent Edict of Milan
Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD
Sack of Rome 410 AD
Sack of Rome 455 AD
keyReform Constantine's foundation of Constantinople
Diocletian's Tetrarchy
language Greek
Latin
lastEasternEmperor Constantine XI Palaiologos
lastWesternEmperor Romulus Augustulus
legalSystem Roman law
legislativeBody Roman Senate
majorConflict Crisis of the Third Century
Gothic War
Jewish–Roman wars
Marcomannic Wars
Punic Wars
majorRiver Danube
Nile
Rhine
Tiber
militaryUnit Roman legion
auxiliaries
notableBuilding Colosseum
Forum Romanum
Pantheon
notableEmperor Augustus
Caligula
Claudius
Roman emperor Constantine the Great
surface form: Constantine the Great

Diocletian
Hadrian
Marcus Aurelius
Nero
Tiberius
Trajan
Vespasian
notableInfrastructure Roman roads
amphitheatres
aqueducts
notableLegalWork Corpus Juris Civilis
officialReligionDeclared Christianity as state religion under Theodosius I
peakTerritorialExtentUnder Trajan
precededBy Roman Republic
religion Christianity
Roman polytheism
startTime 27 BC
symbol Roman Senate
surface form: SPQR

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territoryIncludes Asia Minor
Balkans
Great Britain
surface form: Britannia

Egypt
France
surface form: Gaul

Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Judea
North Africa
Syria
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Thagaste hasCitizenshipOf Roman Empire
Decian persecution country Roman Empire
Forty Martyrs of Sebaste allegiance Roman Empire
Waset laterControlledBy Roman Empire
Pentarchy geographicalScope Roman Empire
Dii Consentes timePeriod Roman Empire
Lydia laterUnderControlOf Roman Empire
A.D. The Bible Continues setInPlace Roman Empire
Dalmatia wasPartOf Roman Empire
Bishop of Lugdunum country Roman Empire
Gnosticism developedIn Roman Empire
Valentinianism countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
Marcia countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Nikopolis foundedBy Roman Empire
Apologeticus culturalContext Roman Empire
Ad Nationes historicalContext Roman Empire
Montanism countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
Portugal and Spain influencedBy Roman Empire
lictors associatedWith Roman Empire
subject surface form: Lictors
lictors timePeriod Roman Empire
subject surface form: Lictors
Roman lictor continuedIn Roman Empire
Roman magistracy appliesTo Roman Empire
Gallia Narbonensis timePeriod Roman Empire
Saint Sebastian deathPlace Roman Empire
Saint Sebastian allegiance Roman Empire
Southern Europe historicalInfluence Roman Empire
Himyar tradedWith Roman Empire
Valeria citizenship Roman Empire
Kingdom of Commagene successor Roman Empire
Kingdom of Commagene conqueredBy Roman Empire
Lucilla countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Yosef ben Matityahu citizenship Roman Empire
Gonio Fortress builtBy Roman Empire
Gonio Fortress usedBy Roman Empire
Neocaesarea in Pontus country Roman Empire
Neocaesarea in Pontus underRuleOf Roman Empire
Niš countryDuringRomanPeriod Roman Empire
Colophon countryDuringRomanPeriod Roman Empire
Goths migratedTo Roman Empire
Ulfilas associatedWithEmpire Roman Empire