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 town Sopianae locatedIn Roman Empire
subject surface form: Sopianae
Eastern Roman provinces partOf Roman Empire
Nepos citizenship Roman Empire
subject surface form: Julius Nepos
Apollonia (Illyria) partOf Roman Empire
northern Syria historicallyRuledBy Roman Empire
subject surface form: Northern Syria
Legio XX Valeria Victrix country Roman Empire
Britannia Prima country Roman Empire
Pannonia Secunda locatedIn Roman Empire
Cisalpine Gaul timePeriod Roman Empire
Danube limes usedBy Roman Empire
Naissos partOfEmpire Roman Empire
Naissos battleInvolvedEmpire Roman Empire
Neapolis foundedBy Roman Empire
Traianopolis partOf Roman Empire
Lycopolis governedBy Roman Empire
Iamblichus of Chalcis citizenship Roman Empire
Habet! in the Colosseum timeOfSetting Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Serdica locatedIn Roman Empire
Romula countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Gamzigrad (Felix Romuliana) culture Roman Empire
Amelius Gentilianus region Roman Empire
Camulodunum culturalPeriod Roman Empire
Camulodunum partOf Roman Empire
Britannia Secunda country Roman Empire
Gratian countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Syrmia historicallyRuledBy Roman Empire
Velitrae partOf Roman Empire
Tetrarchs country Roman Empire
Chlorus citizenship Roman Empire
subject surface form: Constantius Chlorus
the Pale associatedWith Roman Empire
Taurica country Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman Empire (provincial sphere)
Lychnidus partOf Roman Empire
Hannibalianus countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
ancient Tamilakam tradedWith Roman Empire
subject surface form: Ancient Tamilakam
Tamilakam tradeWith Roman Empire
Bosra (as later center under Rome) partOf Roman Empire
subject surface form: Bosra
Roman Britain country Roman Empire
Sardis partOf Roman Empire
Sardis rebuiltBy Roman Empire
Dio Cassius birthEmpire Roman Empire
Dio Cassius citizenship Roman Empire