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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Hipponium underInfluenceOf Roman Empire
comitatenses usedBy Roman Empire
optio period Roman Empire
lorica segmentata usedIn Roman Empire
testudo formation timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman state treasury country Roman Empire
cohors II Raetorum allegiance Roman Empire
cohors II Raetorum timePeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Roman period
Clades Variana combatant Roman Empire
Clades Variana opponent Roman Empire
Battle of Mediolanum (259) opponent Roman Empire
Battle of Mediolanum (259) era Roman Empire
Battle of Mediolanum (259) side1 Roman Empire
Aquileia partOf Roman Empire
Julia Mamaea citizenship Roman Empire
Temple of Trajan locatedIn Roman Empire
Juba II allegiance Roman Empire
limes Germanicus usedBy Roman Empire
subject surface form: Limes Germanicus
Cherusci opponent Roman Empire
Saint Maurice deathPlace Roman Empire
Saint Alban era Roman Empire
Vaballathus citizenship Roman Empire
Vaballathus claimedTitleOver Roman Empire
Battle of Immae combatant Roman Empire
Battle of Immae belligerent Roman Empire
Battle of Immae tookPlaceIn Roman Empire
Mauretania Tingitana partOf Roman Empire
Mauretania Tingitana createdBy Roman Empire
Aedes Castoris associatedWith Roman Empire
Caracalla countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Viminacium culturalPeriod Roman Empire
Column of Antoninus Pius country Roman Empire
Ammon laterIncorporatedInto Roman Empire
Classical Latin region Roman Empire
Alaric opponent Roman Empire
Blue Grotto usedInPeriod Roman Empire
Villa Jovis era Roman Empire
Tetricus I usurpedFrom Roman Empire
Tetricus I realmReintegratedInto Roman Empire