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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Arabia Petraea conqueredBy Roman Empire
Abydos underRuleOf Roman Empire
Barbarians mainSubject Roman Empire
Barbarians timePeriodCovered Roman Empire
Roman Greece partOf Roman Empire
Roman calendar usedIn Roman Empire
Council of Carthage (397) country Roman Empire
Via Salaria historicalPeriod Roman Empire
Hexaemeron countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
Longer Rules countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
Libanius citizenship Roman Empire
Sukhumi historicalEra Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman Empire period
Priapus worshipedIn Roman Empire
Ludi Romani associatedWith Roman Empire
Reds associatedWith Roman Empire
Greens activityPeriod Roman Empire
Lupercalia era Roman Empire
Aqua Virgo aqueduct country Roman Empire
subject surface form: Aqua Virgo
Regio XI Circus Maximus locatedInTime Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Ludi Megalenses period Roman Empire
Aswan granite exportedTo Roman Empire
Thyatira underRuleOf Roman Empire
Domus Augustana timePeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Domus Augustana empire Roman Empire
Palatine Museum hasCollectionPeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Temple of Cybele country Roman Empire
Temple of Cybele period Roman Empire
Latin Palatium culturalContext Roman Empire
subject surface form: Palatium
Roman universalism hasMainProponent Roman Empire
Roman universalism historicalPeriod Roman Empire
Greek East partOf Roman Empire
Temple of Apollo Palatinus country Roman Empire
Roman priesthoods location Roman Empire
this entity surface form: ancient Rome
Roman priesthoods timePeriod Roman Empire
School of Antioch country Roman Empire
Caesars Atlantic City theme Roman Empire
Roman province of Germania Inferior partOf Roman Empire
subject surface form: Germania Inferior
Chatti conflictWith Roman Empire
Ubii alliedWith Roman Empire
Pliny the Elder citizenship Roman Empire
Batavian cohorts country Roman Empire
Batavian cohorts allegiance Roman Empire
Roman conquest of Britain country Roman Empire
Panhellenic sanctuary network timePeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman Imperial period
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum timePeriodCovered Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Galatai, Paphlagonia partOf Roman Empire
Batavian revolt conflictWith Roman Empire
Julius Civilis citizenship Roman Empire