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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Julius Civilis rebelledAgainst Roman Empire
Mons Capitolinus timeOfMajorDevelopment Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Brindisi wasPartOf Roman Empire
Via Agrippa country Roman Empire
Dardania partOf Roman Empire
Dardania conqueredBy Roman Empire
Singidunum partOf Roman Empire
Singidunum underRuleOf Roman Empire
Arelate country Roman Empire
Arelate importantInPeriod Roman Empire
Galli timePeriod Roman Empire
Theodora historicalContext Roman Empire
Capitolium timePeriod Roman Empire
Herodes Atticus birthPlace Roman Empire
Herodes Atticus citizenship Roman Empire
Ctesiphon capturedBy Roman Empire
Celtic tribes encounteredBy Roman Empire
Celtic tribes conflictedWith Roman Empire
Burdigala locatedIn Roman Empire
Burdigala timePeriod Roman Empire
Cloaca Maxima maintainedDuring Roman Empire
Strabo citizenship Roman Empire
Lutetia country Roman Empire
Chrysopolis associatedWith Roman Empire
Maximus Decimus Meridius allegiance Roman Empire
Sabellianism geographicOrigin Roman Empire
Amud el-Sawari era Roman Empire
Publius historicalUsagePeriod Roman Empire
Annals countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
Annals mainSubject Roman Empire
Histories countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
Histories chronicles Roman Empire
Agricola countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
subject surface form: Agricola (Tacitus)
Gnaeus Julius Agricola citizenship Roman Empire
Gnaeus Julius Agricola allegiance Roman Empire
Iudaeorum regionOfHistoricalUse Roman Empire
Temple of Vesta period Roman Empire
Gallia Belgica partOf Roman Empire
Council of Rome (382) country Roman Empire
Clement of Alexandria citizenship Roman Empire
Council of Hippo (393) country Roman Empire
Ibora civilization Roman Empire
Ludi Apollinares timePeriod Roman Empire
Hierapolis partOf Roman Empire