Roman Empire

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ancient civilization historical empire state

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.

Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Imperial Rome	6
Roman Imperial period	4
Romans	4
High Roman Empire	3
Early Roman Empire	2
Principate	2
Ancient Rome	1
Eastern Roman Empire	1
Imperium Romanorum	1
Imperium Romanum	1
Imperium Romanum Occidentale	1
Imperium Romanum Orientale	1
Roman Empire (with reduced importance)	1
Roman Empire during Caligula’s reign	1
Roman Empire period	1

Statements (97)

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 eagle standard ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (661)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stilicho → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Suetonius → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Tacitus → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Tertullian → citizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Temple of Peace → cityDuringConstruction → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Rome

Holy Roman Empire → claimedHeritage → Roman Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Cappadocia → clientOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Mauretania (ancient kingdom) → clientOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities → collectionPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Battle of Carnuntum → combatant → Roman Empire ⓘ

Battle of the Granua → combatant → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman destruction of the Second Temple → combatant → Roman Empire ⓘ

Masada → combatant → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Siege of Masada

Bella Marcomannica → conflictBetween → Roman Empire ⓘ

Dacian Wars → conflictBetween → Roman Empire ⓘ

Jewish–Roman wars → conflictBetween → Roman Empire ⓘ

Kitos War → conflictBetween → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman–Germanic wars → conflictBetween → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman–Parthian War of 161–166 → conflictBetween → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman–Persian Wars → conflictBetween → Roman Empire ⓘ

Visigothic–Roman conflicts → conflictBetween → Roman Empire ⓘ

Marcomannic Wars → conflictCombatant → Roman Empire ⓘ

Constantinian civil war → conflictIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Astingi → conflictWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Bastarnae → conflictWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Buri → conflictWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Dacian tribes → conflictWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Meroë → conflictWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lacringi → conflictWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Suebi → conflictWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Dacian tribes → conqueredBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pannonia → conqueredBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Petra → conqueredBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Thrace → conqueredBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Thracians → conqueredBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Hadrian's Wall → constructedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Arausio → continuedDuring → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Empire period

Roman aediles → continuedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Empire (with reduced importance)

Roman Senate → continuedInPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Actium → controlledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ancyra → controlledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Caria → controlledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Limes Germanicus → controlledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Nicaea → controlledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Antioch → country → Roman Empire ⓘ

Antioch on the Orontes → country → Roman Empire ⓘ

Antiochene school of theology → country → Roman Empire ⓘ

Aquincum → country → Roman Empire ⓘ

Augusta Treverorum → country → Roman Empire ⓘ

Basilica Sancti Petri Vetus → country → Roman Empire ⓘ