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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Aeolis underRuleOf Roman Empire
Roman Syria partOf Roman Empire
Thebaid partOf Roman Empire
Hieronymus bornInRegion Roman Empire
Edict of Thessalonica appliesTo Roman Empire
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Roman ruins (Glanum) timePeriod Roman Empire
subject surface form: Glanum
Roman province of Asia country Roman Empire
Roman province of Asia partOf Roman Empire
Moab laterControlledBy Roman Empire
Sol (Latin) worshipPeriod Roman Empire
Hadrianopolis partOf Roman Empire
Hadrianopolis battleInvolved Roman Empire
Augustan age country Roman Empire
Cilicia partOf Roman Empire
Cilicia ruledBy Roman Empire
Apostolic Age location Roman Empire
Diospolis partOf Roman Empire
Stridon country Roman Empire
city of Thyatira controlledBy Roman Empire
subject surface form: Thyatira
Temple d’Auguste et de Livie era Roman Empire
Valentine historicallyLinkedTo Roman Empire
Amphipolis timePeriod Roman Empire
Philippopolis country Roman Empire
Flavia Neapolis wasUnderRuleOf Roman Empire
Second Apology historicalContext Roman Empire
Kingdom of Armenia borderedBy Roman Empire
Antinoopolis underJurisdictionOf Roman Empire
statue of Antinoos from Delphi countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
subject surface form: Statue of Antinoos from Delphi
Utica underRuleOf Roman Empire
Glevum country Roman Empire
İzmit historicallyPartOf Roman Empire
Clemens Romanus birthPlace Roman Empire
Idoumaia incorporatedInto Roman Empire
Ancient Elis laterControlledBy Roman Empire
opera "Hadrian" subject Roman Empire
subject surface form: Hadrian
opera "Hadrian" settingPlace Roman Empire
subject surface form: Hadrian
De Monarchia subject Roman Empire
Adrianople country Roman Empire
Saint Hippolytus associatedWith Roman Empire
Herodian Kingdom partOf Roman Empire
Herodian Kingdom overlord Roman Empire
Arabia Petraea partOf Roman Empire