Roman Empire

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ancient civilization historical empire state

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.

Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Imperial Rome	6
Roman Imperial period	4
Romans	4
High Roman Empire	3
Early Roman Empire	2
Principate	2
Ancient Rome	1
Eastern Roman Empire	1
Imperium Romanorum	1
Imperium Romanum	1
Imperium Romanum Occidentale	1
Imperium Romanum Orientale	1
Roman Empire (with reduced importance)	1
Roman Empire during Caligula’s reign	1
Roman Empire period	1

Statements (97)

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 eagle standard ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (661)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ephrem the Syrian → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Hadrian → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Jerome → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Marcus Aurelius → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Martin of Tours → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Meletius of Antioch → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pope Damasus I → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Septimius Severus → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Suetonius → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Trajan → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Vitellius → birthPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Evagrius Ponticus → birthProvince → Roman Empire ⓘ

Parthian Empire → borderedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sasanian Empire → borderedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Richborough Roman Fort → builtBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman Theatre → builtUnderEmpire → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Roman Theatre (Amman)

Illyrians → cameUnderInfluenceOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman Senate → ceremonialRoleInPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Principate

Agrippina the Elder → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Antoninus Pius → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Apollodorus of Damascus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Apostle Paul → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Avidius Cassius → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Claudius Pompeianus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Claudius Ptolemaeus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Diocles → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Drusilla → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Epictetus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Flavius Josephus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Germanicus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Herod Philip → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Honorius → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

John Cassian → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Julia Flavia → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Livia Drusilla → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Livia Orestilla → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Maximian → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Milonia Caesonia → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Nero Claudius Drusus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Origen → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pelagius → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Philo of Alexandria → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pliny the Younger → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Plotinus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Plutarch → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Rufinus of Aquileia → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sejanus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Seneca the Younger → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sextus Julius Severus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

St. Augustine → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ