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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Roman North Africa partOf Roman Empire
Roman North Africa timePeriod Roman Empire
Confessions countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
Patricius countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Joses citizenship Roman Empire
church in Antioch locatedIn Roman Empire
Albium Ingaunum laterControlledBy Roman Empire
Galen citizenship Roman Empire
Galen era Roman Empire
Ulpian citizenship Roman Empire
Modestinus citizenship Roman Empire
Abdera in Thrace laterControlledBy Roman Empire
Subiaco hasHistoricalPeriod Roman Empire
Susa Valley conqueredBy Roman Empire
Esquilino Hill hasHistoricPhase Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Capitol era Roman Empire
subject surface form: Capitol of Dougga
Lycaonia partOf Roman Empire
Knidos laterRuledBy Roman Empire
as-Sāmirah or as-Sāmiriyyah governedBy Roman Empire
subject surface form: as-Sāmirah
this entity surface form: Roman Empire (historically)
as-Sāmirah or as-Sāmiriyyah governedBy Roman Empire
subject surface form: as-Sāmiriyyah
this entity surface form: Roman Empire (historically)
Papinian citizenship Roman Empire
Papinian legalAuthorityIn Roman Empire
Codex Gregorianus geographicOrigin Roman Empire
Alyscamps necropolis timePeriod Roman Empire
The Last Days of Pompeii settingLocation Roman Empire
subject surface form: The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)
Erythrae laterUnderControlOf Roman Empire
Sebastos country Roman Empire
quaestor sacri palatii country Roman Empire
magister officiorum (disputed in sources) country Roman Empire
subject surface form: magister officiorum
Priene laterControlledBy Roman Empire
Deva Victrix partOf Roman Empire
Deva partOf Roman Empire
Risen countryOfSetting Roman Empire
Clavius in Risen allegiance Roman Empire
subject surface form: Clavius
Tyrian purple timePeriodOfPeakUse Roman Empire
Tyre Hippodrome constructedDuring Roman Empire
Pope Liberius countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire