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

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.

Germanic peoples → foughtAgainst → Roman Empire ⓘ
Bath, Somerset, England → foundedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romans
León → foundedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Nablus → foundedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Orange → foundedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Romans
Segedunum Roman Fort → foundedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Băile Herculane → foundedInPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Patripassianism
Pentarchy → geographicalScope → Roman Empire ⓘ
Bethsaida → governedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Cumae → governedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Cyrene → governedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Sabratha → governedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Villa of Nero at Olympia → governedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Golgotha → governedByAtTimeOfEvent → Roman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Herculaneum
Herod Antipas → governedUnder → Roman Empire ⓘ
Thagaste → hasCitizenshipOf → Roman Empire ⓘ
Europe → hasHistoricalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Claudius → hasHistoricalUsage → Roman Empire ⓘ
Pisonian conspiracy → hasLocation → Roman Empire ⓘ
Amoraic period → hasMainLocation → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Antiquity → hasPart → Roman Empire ⓘ
Hadrian's Gate → heritage → Roman Empire ⓘ
Tunisia → historicalCivilization → Roman Empire ⓘ
Ben-Hur → historicalContext → Roman Empire ⓘ
Holy Land → historicalControlBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Palestine → historicalControlBy → Roman Empire ⓘ
Ballomar → historicalEra → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Imperial period
Homs → historicalEra → Roman Empire ⓘ
Pentelic marble → historicalExport → Roman Empire ⓘ
Italians → historicalInfluence → Roman Empire ⓘ
Italian Empire → historicalModel → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
Astorga → historicalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
El Jem → historicalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Latium → historicalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman legion → historicalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Roman Empire
Split → historicalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Ulpius → historicalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Via Sacra → historicalPeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ
Arles → historicalPeriodOfFlourishing → Roman Empire ⓘ
Capri → historicalPeriodOfProminence → Roman Empire ⓘ