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.

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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.

Marcia → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Maxentius → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Minervina → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Nero → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Pertinax → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Pontius Pilate → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Pope Damasus I → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Poppaea Sabina → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Saint Lawrence → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Saint Timothy → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Scribonia → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Shimon bar Yochai
St Martin → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Theodosius I → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Vespasia Polla → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Vespasian → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Vibia Sabina → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Vitellius → countryOfCitizenship → Roman Empire ⓘ
Sejanus → countryOfDeath → Roman Empire ⓘ
Against Apion → countryOfOrigin → Roman Empire ⓘ
Andrew the Apostle → countryOfOrigin → Roman Empire ⓘ
Divine Institutes → countryOfOrigin → Roman Empire ⓘ
Labarum → countryOfOrigin → Roman Empire ⓘ
Life of Antony → countryOfOrigin → Roman Empire ⓘ
Life of Constantine → countryOfOrigin → Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Life of St Martin
Meditations → countryOfOrigin → Roman Empire ⓘ
The City of God → countryOfOrigin → Roman Empire ⓘ