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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Halala locatedIn Roman Empire
Halala countryInThePast Roman Empire
Cornificia (daughter of Marcus Aurelius) countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
subject surface form: Cornificia
Mater Castrorum country Roman Empire
Mater Senatus bestowedBy Roman Empire
Apamea partOf Roman Empire
Apamea countryDuringRomanPeriod Roman Empire
Phrygians laterRuledBy Roman Empire
Roman medicine timePeriod Roman Empire
Germania Inferior partOf Roman Empire
Tower of Hercules builtDuring Roman Empire
Titus Aelius Antoninus country Roman Empire
Servius timePeriodOfUse Roman Empire
Sulpicius historicalPeriod Roman Empire
שְׁכֶם controlledBy Roman Empire
subject surface form: שכם
Selymbria laterUnderRuleOf Roman Empire
Oplontis partOf Roman Empire
Las Médulas partOf Roman Empire
gens Domitia timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman forum timePeriod Roman Empire
subject surface form: Roman forum of Tarragona
Ἄγκυρα associatedEmpire Roman Empire
Galatians ruledUnder Roman Empire
Council of Ancyra heldInEmpire Roman Empire
Monumentum Ancyranum associatedWith Roman Empire
Paphlagonia laterControlledBy Roman Empire
Claudia Augusta country Roman Empire
Stabiae country Roman Empire
Stabiae timePeriod Roman Empire
Eudoxius of Antioch region Roman Empire
Boscoreale heritagePeriod Roman Empire
Boscoreale heritagePeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: early Imperial Rome
Ulpia associatedWith Roman Empire
Noviomagus timePeriodUsed Roman Empire
Batavorum historicalContext Roman Empire
De Astronomica circulation Roman Empire
Pons Aelius builtInPeriod Roman Empire
Capris partOf Roman Empire
Pons Aurelius country Roman Empire
Otho countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Otho allegiance Roman Empire
Saxon Shore forts country Roman Empire