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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Olbia Pontica laterControlledBy Roman Empire
Life of Cimon originatesFrom Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman Imperial period
Life of Otho countryOfSubject Roman Empire
Gaius citizenship Roman Empire
subject surface form: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus
Bolonia Roman ruins (Baelo Claudia) timePeriod Roman Empire
subject surface form: Baelo Claudia
Alexander of Aphrodisias era Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman Imperial period
Tiberian-Julian dynasty allegiance Roman Empire
Cocceius timePeriod Roman Empire
Cocceia gens timePeriod Roman Empire
Sergia Plautilla citizenship Roman Empire
Nero Julius Caesar citizenship Roman Empire
Nero Julius Caesar birthPlace Roman Empire
Nero Julius Caesar deathPlace Roman Empire
Roman provincial society partOf Roman Empire
civitas Batavorum locatedIn Roman Empire
subject surface form: Civitas Batavorum
civitas Batavorum rebelledAgainst Roman Empire
subject surface form: Civitas Batavorum
Domitii Ahenobarbi family country Roman Empire
Aenobarbus historicalPeriodOfUse Roman Empire
Pandateria usedDuring Roman Empire
Britannicus countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Panormus countryDuringRomanPeriod Roman Empire
replace Nero with Gaius Calpurnius Piso citizenship Roman Empire
subject surface form: Gaius Calpurnius Piso
replace Nero with Gaius Calpurnius Piso politicalSystem Roman Empire
subject surface form: Gaius Calpurnius Piso
Lucan citizenship Roman Empire
golden house country Roman Empire
subject surface form: Domus Aurea
Octagonal Room culturalContext Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Baths of Trajan era Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Imperial Rome
Book I setting Roman Empire
subject surface form: Book I (Divine Institutes)
Book V countryOfOrigin Roman Empire
subject surface form: Book V (Divine Institutes)
court of Constantius II country Roman Empire
court of Diocletian country Roman Empire
comes sacrarum largitionum country Roman Empire
comes rerum privatarum country Roman Empire
subject surface form: Comes rerum privatarum
Western Roman emperors partOf Roman Empire
To Himself placeOfComposition Roman Empire
De militia Romana aboutPeriod Roman Empire
Equus Marci Aurelii culturalContext Roman Empire
Statilii activeInPeriod Roman Empire
Statilia historicalUsageRegion Roman Empire
Imperial court of Nero country Roman Empire
Subrius Flavus countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Subrius Flavus allegiance Roman Empire
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (novel) settingPlace Roman Empire
subject surface form: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Faenius Rufus employer Roman Empire