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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pontifex maximus usedBy Roman Empire
Julio-Claudian dynasty country Roman Empire
Julio-Claudian dynasty era Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Early Roman Empire
Plotinus citizenship Roman Empire
Plotinus regionOfActivity Roman Empire
Roman navy country Roman Empire
Roman aediles continuedIn Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman Empire (with reduced importance)
Britannia (Roman province) partOf Roman Empire
Rule of Four appliesTo Roman Empire
Sirmium partOf Roman Empire
Augusta Treverorum country Roman Empire
Diocletian's price edict country Roman Empire
Hellenistic period succeededBy Roman Empire
Naissus, in the Roman province of Moesia (modern Niš, Serbia) partOf Roman Empire
subject surface form: Naissus
Crispus countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Nablus foundedBy Roman Empire
Julius Nepos parentState Roman Empire
Via Egnatia locatedIn Roman Empire
Palestinian Jews underOccupation Roman Empire
Constantina country Roman Empire
Constantina placeOfBirth Roman Empire
Hatra resistedSiegeBy Roman Empire
Segedunum Roman Fort foundedBy Roman Empire
Maximian citizenship Roman Empire
Maximian allegiance Roman Empire
Caesar usedIn Roman Empire
subject surface form: Caesar (imperial title)
Latium historicalPeriod Roman Empire
Naissus partOf Roman Empire
Fausta countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Fausta placeOfBirth Roman Empire
Nola partOfHistoricalEntity Roman Empire
Minervina countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Claudius Ptolemaeus citizenship Roman Empire
Este wasPartOf Roman Empire
Veneti people incorporatedInto Roman Empire
Nabataean kingdom annexedBy Roman Empire
Licinius countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Colchis laterPartOf Roman Empire
Varna wasPartOf Roman Empire
Honorius citizenship Roman Empire
Kingdom of Meroë tradedWith Roman Empire
Kingdom of Meroë conflictWith Roman Empire
Council of Elvira countryAtTime Roman Empire
John associatedEmpire Roman Empire
subject surface form: John of Patmos