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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Porphyry region Roman Empire
Arverni integratedInto Roman Empire
Herculius usedIn Roman Empire
Tibur partOf Roman Empire
Aricia country Roman Empire
Lanuvium timeOfFlourishing Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Altinum flourishedIn Roman Empire
Roman Spain laterRuledBy Roman Empire
Elvira country Roman Empire
Diaspora Revolt conflictIn Roman Empire
Diaspora Revolt opponent Roman Empire
Roman general Marcius Turbo citizenship Roman Empire
subject surface form: Marcius Turbo
Roman general Marcius Turbo era Roman Empire
subject surface form: Marcius Turbo
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
bar Giora opponent Roman Empire
subject surface form: Simon bar Giora
Valentinian I countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Kingdom of Kush conflictWith Roman Empire
Kingdom of Kush treatyWith Roman Empire
Vallum Antonini constructedBy Roman Empire
Cosa partOf Roman Empire
Via Cassia usedDuring Roman Empire
Fritigern soughtAsylumFrom Roman Empire
Robigalia timePeriod Roman Empire
Godigisel enteredRegion Roman Empire
Segusio partOf Roman Empire
Novatian countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Nisibis partOf Roman Empire
Nisibis controlledBy Roman Empire
Hymns on Paradise countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
Roman province of Osrhoene partOf Roman Empire
Augusta Vindelicorum country Roman Empire
Curia Raetorum country Roman Empire
Raeti incorporatedInto Roman Empire
Vindelicia partOf Roman Empire
Vindelicia conqueredBy Roman Empire
Brigantium locatedIn Roman Empire
Veldidena partOf Roman Empire
Przeworsk culture (partly) interactedWith Roman Empire
subject surface form: Przeworsk culture
Vannius supportedBy Roman Empire
Ariogaesus opponent Roman Empire
Battle of Mardia takesPlaceIn Roman Empire
Via Latina era Roman Empire
Flavius Valens countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Raetic people conqueredBy Roman Empire