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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Petelia timePeriod Roman Empire
Mopsuestia underControlOf Roman Empire
Battle of Singara conflictBetween Roman Empire
Battle of Singara belligerent Roman Empire
Council of Seleucia countryAtTime Roman Empire
Via Domitiana country Roman Empire
Via Domitiana epoch Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Pannonia Superior country Roman Empire
Eusebia country Roman Empire
Maxima (wife of Constantius II) countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
subject surface form: Constantius II
Council of Rimini country Roman Empire
Orosius countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Velleius Paterculus citizenship Roman Empire
Valeria Maximilla placeOfBirth Roman Empire
Circus of Maxentius on the Via Appia inUseDuring Roman Empire
subject surface form: Circus of Maxentius
Iceni rebelledAgainst Roman Empire
Legio VII Gemina country Roman Empire
Murallas de León originalBuilder Roman Empire
Theodosius countryRuled Roman Empire
subject surface form: Theodosius I
Pannonia Inferior country Roman Empire
Ovilava locatedIn Roman Empire
Macrinus country Roman Empire
Macrinus citizenship Roman Empire
Battle near Aquileia country Roman Empire
Vicus Helena timePeriod Roman Empire
Diocese of Italia country Roman Empire
Roman temple of Jupiter partOf Roman Empire
subject surface form: Roman temple of Jupiter in Damascus
Augustoritum country Roman Empire
Augustoritum timePeriod Roman Empire
Germanic Europe influencedByEmpire Roman Empire
Monument of Marcus Aurelius country Roman Empire
Via Aemilia Scauri usedDuring Roman Empire
Roman nomen Claudius timePeriod Roman Empire
subject surface form: Claudius (nomen)
Sextus Empiricus regionOfActivity Roman Empire
Barcino locatedIn Roman Empire
Elagabalus deathPlace Roman Empire
Bridge over the Danube builder Roman Empire
Cambodunum locatedIn Roman Empire
Battle of Emesa belligerent Roman Empire
Battle of Emesa combatant Roman Empire
Battle of Emesa era Roman Empire
Maltese people historicalRulers Roman Empire
Messana partOf Roman Empire