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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Rutupiae country Roman Empire
Thessalians integratedInto Roman Empire
Annia Cornificia Faustina era Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Lycaonians timePeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman imperial period
Lycaonians underRuleOf Roman Empire
Amaseia partOf Roman Empire
Amaseia incorporatedInto Roman Empire
Armenia Minor frontierBetween Roman Empire
Armenia Minor underRuleOf Roman Empire
Trapezus underRuleOf Roman Empire
Patara partOf Roman Empire
Phaselis underRuleOf Roman Empire
Limyra underRuleOf Roman Empire
Isaeum geographicSpread Roman Empire
agents of Nero operatedIn Roman Empire
subject surface form: Agents of Nero
Pessinus underControlOf Roman Empire
Galatai laterRuledBy Roman Empire
southern Spain historicalInfluence Roman Empire
subject surface form: Southern Spain
Lycian League underSuzeraintyOf Roman Empire
Julian clan country Roman Empire
Julian clan timePeriod Roman Empire
Ancient Roman nomina timePeriod Roman Empire
subject surface form: Ancient Roman nomen
Julia Drusilla birthPlace Roman Empire
Julia Drusilla citizenship Roman Empire
Lollius timePeriod Roman Empire
Publius Memmius Regulus citizenship Roman Empire
Decapolis country Roman Empire
Peraea underRuleOf Roman Empire
Peræa underRomanAuthority Roman Empire
Roman province of Arabia Petraea partOf Roman Empire
subject surface form: Arabia Petraea
Roman province of Arabia Petraea country Roman Empire
subject surface form: Arabia Petraea
Gallia Aquitania partOf Roman Empire
Roman Italy under the Empire partOf Roman Empire
tetrarchy of Herod Antipas partOf Roman Empire
Senate country Roman Empire
subject surface form: Roman Senate
Senate appliesToJurisdiction Roman Empire
subject surface form: Roman Senate
Senate existedDuring Roman Empire
subject surface form: Roman Senate
Junii Silani politicalSphere Roman Empire
Mancunium partOf Roman Empire
Mancunium country Roman Empire