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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Londinium partOf Roman Empire
Valentia country Roman Empire
Boudican revolt opponent Roman Empire
Diocese of the Britains country Roman Empire
Brundisium country Roman Empire
Brundisium timePeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61) combatant Roman Empire
subject surface form: Battle of Watling Street
Bishop of Sirmium locatedIn Roman Empire
Decius birthEmpire Roman Empire
Decius deathEmpire Roman Empire
Probus birthPlace Roman Empire
Probus deathPlace Roman Empire
Probus countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Germania Superior partOf Roman Empire
Germania Superior establishedBy Roman Empire
Belgica Prima partOf Roman Empire
Treveri locatedIn Roman Empire
Imperial palace of Trier countryDuringConstruction Roman Empire
subject surface form: Imperial Palace of Trier
Porta Nigra locatedInTime Roman Empire
Kaiserthermen historicalPeriod Roman Empire
Barbarathermen partOf Roman Empire
Treveris wasMajorCenterOf Roman Empire
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier) historicalPeriodRepresented Roman Empire
subject surface form: Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
Attis spreadTo Roman Empire
Mithras worshippedIn Roman Empire
Quintilian birthPlace Roman Empire
Quintilian citizenship Roman Empire
Quintilian countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Naissos (Greek form) countryInAntiquity Roman Empire
subject surface form: Naissos
Flavius Julius Crispus realm Roman Empire
Pola amphitheaterPeriod Roman Empire
appears on Roman imperial coinage as Caesar country Roman Empire
subject surface form: Crispus
sarcophagus of Constantine the Great countryAtTimeOfConstruction Roman Empire
subject surface form: Sarcophagus of Constantine the Great
Augusta usedIn Roman Empire
Legio VI Victrix country Roman Empire
Britannia Inferior partOf Roman Empire
Britannia Inferior country Roman Empire
Maxima Caesariensis country Roman Empire
amphitheatre of Trier builtUnder Roman Empire
subject surface form: Amphitheatre of Trier
Aphrodisias flourishedInPeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman Imperial period
Aezani wasPartOf Roman Empire