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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Aspurgus allegiance Roman Empire
Asculum country Roman Empire
Firmum Picenum partOf Roman Empire
Ager Gallicus historicalPeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Trajanopolis country Roman Empire
Roman baths of Argos culture Roman Empire
Basilica Ulpia locatedIn Roman Empire
Agrippa reignedUnder Roman Empire
subject surface form: Herod Agrippa I
Epiphania country Roman Empire
Vetus Urbs hasHistoricalPeriod Roman Empire
Hispania Ulterior country Roman Empire
Lucina countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Durovernum Cantiacorum country Roman Empire
Andecavorum usedInPeriod Roman Empire
Agrippa II citizenship Roman Empire
Agrippa II ruledUnder Roman Empire
Regio IX locatedInTimePeriod Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Diribitorium country Roman Empire
Diribitorium usedDuring Roman Empire
Obelisk of Montecitorio (Solarium Augusti gnomon) reusedInEra Roman Empire
subject surface form: Obelisk of Montecitorio
ancient Britain influencedBy Roman Empire
ancient Britain partOf Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman Empire (partially)
Gothic coalition hasOpponent Roman Empire
Mucianus citizenship Roman Empire
annus quattuor imperatorum country Roman Empire
subject surface form: Annus quattuor imperatorum
Armilustrium timePeriod Roman Empire
Mars Ultor worshippedIn Roman Empire
Mars Quirinus timePeriod Roman Empire
Polla usedIn Roman Empire
Baile Herculane foundedInPeriod Roman Empire
subject surface form: Băile Herculane
Amasia partOf Roman Empire
Pythodorida of Pontus governedUnder Roman Empire
Tuscia laterRuledBy Roman Empire
Lucius Seius Strabo allegiance Roman Empire
King of Kings setInLocation Roman Empire
Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (as governor of Syria) country Roman Empire
subject surface form: Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso