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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Livia Drusilla citizenship Roman Empire
Arcadia wasPartOf Roman Empire
Comitia Tributa lostImportanceUnder Roman Empire
Roman emperors country Roman Empire
Moesia partOf Roman Empire
Actium controlledBy Roman Empire
Late Roman Republic followedBy Roman Empire
Constantinian dynasty country Roman Empire
Africa Proconsularis locatedIn Roman Empire
Severan dynasty country Roman Empire
Severan dynasty partOf Roman Empire
Hadrianic baths era Roman Empire
this entity surface form: High Roman Empire
Lixus underControlOf Roman Empire
Arch of Septimius Severus era Roman Empire
subject surface form: Arch of Septimius Severus (Leptis Magna)
Bethsaida governedBy Roman Empire
Kitos War conflictBetween Roman Empire
Kitos War location Roman Empire
Simon bar Giora opponent Roman Empire
Gallic Empire separatedFrom Roman Empire
Gallic Empire reintegratedInto Roman Empire
Dominate partOf Roman Empire
Apollodorus of Damascus citizenship Roman Empire
Via Sacra country Roman Empire
Via Sacra historicalPeriod Roman Empire
Forum Magnum mainPeriodOfUse Roman Empire
Rostra period Roman Empire
Regia culturalPeriod Roman Empire
Pompeii partOf Roman Empire
Nicaea countryDuringRomanPeriod Roman Empire
Nicaea controlledBy Roman Empire
Simon bar Kokhba opponent Roman Empire
Simon bar Kokhba operatedIn Roman Empire
Temple of Saturn usedBy Roman Empire
Constantinian civil war conflictIn Roman Empire
Numidia partOf Roman Empire
Eleazar ben Ya'ir opponent Roman Empire
Capua significantPeriod Roman Empire
Capua underAuthorityOf Roman Empire
Palmyrene Empire emergedFrom Roman Empire
Palmyrene Empire opponent Roman Empire
Palmyrene Empire successor Roman Empire
Roman army partOf Roman Empire
Roman army timePeriod Roman Empire
Saalburg Roman fort timePeriod Roman Empire