Roman Empire

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ancient civilization historical empire state

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.

Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form Occurrences
Imperial Rome 6
Roman Imperial period 4
Romans 4
High Roman Empire 3
Early Roman Empire 2
Principate 2
Ancient Rome 1
Eastern Roman Empire 1
Imperium Romanorum 1
Imperium Romanum 1

Statements (97)

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

eagle standard ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (661)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bella Marcomannica → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Bishop of Sasima → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Caesarea Maritima → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Carinus → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Constans → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Constantina → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Constantinian dynasty → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Crisis of the Third Century → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Decian persecution → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Diocletian's price edict → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Domitia Lucilla the Younger → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Domus Aurea → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Drusus Julius Caesar → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Falacrinae → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
First Council of Nicaea → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Flavian dynasty → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Great Fire of Rome → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Herod Archelaus → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Iconium → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Julio-Claudian dynasty → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Library of Caesarea → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Limes Germanicus → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Lugdunum Convenarum → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Nerva–Antonine dynasty → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Philip the Tetrarch → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Polycarp of Smyrna → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Pompeia Plotina → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Praetorian Guard → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Prisca → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman emperors → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman navy → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Selinus in Cilicia → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Severan dynasty → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Thysdrus → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Titus → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Via Sacra → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Year of the Four Emperors → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
court of Trier → country → Roman Empire ⓘ
Council of Elvira → countryAtTime → Roman Empire ⓘ
Massilia → countryDuringAntiquity → Roman Empire ⓘ
Populonia → countryDuringAntiquity → Roman Empire ⓘ
Antium → countryDuringRomanPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ