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
Imperium Romanum Occidentale	1
Imperium Romanum Orientale	1
Roman Empire (with reduced importance)	1
Roman Empire during Caligula’s reign	1
Roman Empire period	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.

Nicaea → countryDuringRomanPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Teos → countryDuringRomanPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Spalatum → countryInAntiquity → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sabellius → countryOfActivity → Roman Empire ⓘ

Saint Nicholas of Myra → countryOfActivity → Roman Empire ⓘ

Commodus → countryOfBirth → Roman Empire ⓘ

Jesus Christ → countryOfBirth → Roman Empire ⓘ

John Chrysostom → countryOfBirth → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lucius → countryOfBirth → Roman Empire ⓘ

Palladius of Helenopolis → countryOfBirth → Roman Empire ⓘ

Agrippina the Younger → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Alexander of Alexandria → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Anthony the Great → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Arius → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Athanasius of Alexandria → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Augustus → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Aurelius Ambrosius → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Avidius Cassius → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Basil of Caesarea → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Caligula → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Claudia Octavia → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Claudia Pulchra → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Clement of Rome → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Constantine II → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Constantius Chlorus → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Constantius II → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Crispus → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Domitia Paulina → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Domitian → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Domitilla the Elder → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Epictetus → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Eusebius of Caesarea → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Fausta → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Faustina the Younger → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Forty Martyrs of Sebaste → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Emperor Gordian III → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Gordian III

Gorgonia → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Gregory of Nazianzus → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Gregory of Nyssa → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Hadrian → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ignatius of Antioch → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Irenaeus of Lyons → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula) → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Julia Livilla → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Junia Claudilla → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Justin Martyr → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Licinius → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lollia Paulina → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lucius Verus → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ