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
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.

Antoninus Pius → countryRuled → Roman Empire ⓘ

Diocles → countryRuled → Roman Empire ⓘ

Arch of Titus reliefs → culturalContext → Roman Empire ⓘ

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius → culturalContext → Roman Empire ⓘ

Temple of Peace → culturalContext → Roman Empire ⓘ

Regia → culturalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Trajan's Column → culturalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Roman Empire

Sabratha Roman theater → culture → Roman Empire ⓘ

Serapis → culture → Roman Empire ⓘ

Justin Martyr → deathEmpire → Roman Empire ⓘ

Diocletian → deathPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ephrem the Syrian → deathPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Nerva → deathPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pope Damasus I → deathPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Rabbi Akiva → deathPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Saint Cassian of Imola → deathPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Saint George of Lydda → deathPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Septimius Severus → deathPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

Vitellius → deathPlace → Roman Empire ⓘ

The Batavian Conspiracy under Claudius Civilis (commissioned project) → depictsPoliticalEntity → Roman Empire ⓘ

Jewish Temple → destroyedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Second Temple in Jerusalem → destroyedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Neoplatonism → developedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman imperial iconography → developedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Romance languages → developedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Leptis Magna → developedUnder → Roman Empire ⓘ

Palmyrene Empire → emergedFrom → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lactantius → employer → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pontius Pilate → employer → Roman Empire ⓘ

Nuragic civilization → endTime → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Imperial period

Antonine Baths → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

Arch of Septimius Severus → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Arch of Septimius Severus (Leptis Magna)

Flavian dynasty → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Roman Empire

Forum Romanum → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

Hadrianic baths → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Roman Empire

Hıdırlık Tower → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

Julio-Claudian dynasty → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Roman Empire

Nerva → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Rome

Ponte Sant'Angelo → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Rome

Port of Ostia (Portus Traiani) → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Rome

Vespasian → era → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Principate

Palatine Hill → eraOfMajorDevelopment → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pontius Pilate → ethnicGroup → Roman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romans

Romans → expandedToForm → Roman Empire ⓘ

Silk Road routes → extendsTo → Roman Empire ⓘ

Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline → focusesOn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Hellenistic kingdoms → followedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Late Roman Republic → followedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman Republic → followedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sicily → formerProvinceOf → Roman Empire ⓘ