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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Iazyges neighborOf Roman Empire
Iazyges adversaryOf Roman Empire
Iazyges subjectTo Roman Empire
Iazyges paidTo Roman Empire
Costoboci opponent Roman Empire
Buri conflictWith Roman Empire
Astingi conflictWith Roman Empire
Ballomar opponent Roman Empire
Ballomar historicalEra Roman Empire
this entity surface form: Roman Imperial period
Nerva–Antonine dynasty country Roman Empire
Pelusium laterControlledBy Roman Empire
Scribonia countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Flavius historicalUsagePeriod Roman Empire
Flavius regionOfUse Roman Empire
Antonine Wall partOf Roman Empire
Zosimus' "New History" narrativeFocus Roman Empire
subject surface form: New History
Aksumite Empire tradePartner Roman Empire
Capri historicalPeriodOfProminence Roman Empire
Roman religion timePeriod Roman Empire
Apollonia (port of Cyrene) partOf Roman Empire
Noricum partOf Roman Empire
Battle of Carnuntum combatant Roman Empire
Battle of Carnuntum opponentOf Roman Empire
Basilica Julia laterEra Roman Empire
Ephrem the Syrian birthPlace Roman Empire
Ephrem the Syrian deathPlace Roman Empire
Marcomanni opponent Roman Empire
Raetia partOf Roman Empire
Bantia timePeriod Roman Empire
Quadi knownForConflictWith Roman Empire
Constantius II countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Constantius II reignedOver Roman Empire
School of Edessa region Roman Empire
Maxentius countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Constantine II countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Constans country Roman Empire
Suebi conflictWith Roman Empire
Lacringi conflictWith Roman Empire
León foundedBy Roman Empire
Bastarnae conflictWith Roman Empire
Dacian tribes conflictWith Roman Empire
Dacian tribes conqueredBy Roman Empire
John Cassian citizenship Roman Empire
solidus introducedInEmpire Roman Empire