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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Arausio continuedDuring Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman Empire period
Palatine Hill eraOfMajorDevelopment Roman Empire
Caput Mundi associatedWith Roman Empire
Batavi tribe servedUnder Roman Empire
subject surface form: Batavi
Batavi tribe rebelledAgainst Roman Empire
subject surface form: Batavi
Belgrade laterRuledBy Roman Empire
Gaul partOf Roman Empire
Roman Forum usedBy Roman Empire
Roman Forum periodOfUse Roman Empire
Nubia historicallyInteractedWith Roman Empire
Gladiator setInPlace Roman Empire
Augustine of Hippo birthPlace Roman Empire
Villa of Nero at Olympia governedBy Roman Empire
Philo of Alexandria citizenship Roman Empire
Tacitus citizenship Roman Empire
Tacitus placeOfBirth Roman Empire
Patripassianism (teaching that the Father suffered on the cross) geographicContext Roman Empire
subject surface form: Patripassianism
Antioch country Roman Empire
Julian calendar usedHistoricallyIn Roman Empire
Basil of Caesarea birthPlace Roman Empire
Italians historicalInfluence Roman Empire
Germanic peoples associatedWith Roman Empire
Germanic peoples foughtAgainst Roman Empire
Ligurians integratedInto Roman Empire
Institutes jurisdiction Roman Empire
Ionia underRuleOf Roman Empire
Samaria laterRuledBy Roman Empire
Teos countryDuringRomanPeriod Roman Empire
Teos underRuleOf Roman Empire
Arles historicalPeriodOfFlourishing Roman Empire
Caesarea Maritima country Roman Empire
Byblos ruledBy Roman Empire
Tyre ruledBy Roman Empire
Pope Damasus I birthPlace Roman Empire
Pope Damasus I deathPlace Roman Empire
Pope Damasus I countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Sidon ruledBy Roman Empire
Byzantium partOf Roman Empire
Tripolitania wasProvinceOf Roman Empire
Tripolitania wasControlledBy Roman Empire
Sabellius countryOfActivity Roman Empire
Annaba wasImportantCityIn Roman Empire
Saint Timothy countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire