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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Dalmatius countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Gallus allegiance Roman Empire
Gallus countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Valens dynasty partOf Roman Empire
House of Constantine country Roman Empire
Appian culturalContext Roman Empire
Appian citizenshipContext Roman Empire
Lucan’s Pharsalia countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
cohors I Tungrorum allegiance Roman Empire
subject surface form: Cohors I Tungrorum
Ariminum partOf Roman Empire
Porta Fontinalis usedDuring Roman Empire
Severus II countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Tetrarchic dynasty country Roman Empire
Aelia Flaccilla country Roman Empire
Constantia countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Constantia historicalRegion Roman Empire
Roman Mosaic Edifice timePeriod Roman Empire
Aurelius historicalPeriodOfUse Roman Empire
Latium Adiectum underControlOf Roman Empire
Battle of Naissus belligerent Roman Empire
Byzacena partOf Roman Empire
Byzacena country Roman Empire
Zeugitana historicalEra Roman Empire
Hadrumetum partOf Roman Empire
Hadrumetum underRuleOf Roman Empire
Mare Internum associatedWith Roman Empire
Diocese of Africa country Roman Empire
Geta country Roman Empire
Year of the Five Emperors country Roman Empire
Year of the Five Emperors timePeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Roman era
Conquest of Mesopotamia participant Roman Empire
Conquest of Mesopotamia belligerent Roman Empire
Edict of Caracalla country Roman Empire
Rise and fall of Elagabalus place Roman Empire
Severan forum complex partOf Roman Empire
Sulmo governedBy Roman Empire
Durostorum partOf Roman Empire
Julias partOf Roman Empire
Gaulanitis controlledBy Roman Empire