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.

Aniene → historicalPeriodOfUse → Roman Empire ⓘ

ichthys → historicalPeriodOfUse → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Ichthys

Claudius Pompeianus → historicalRegion → Roman Empire ⓘ

Italian Peninsula → historicalRegionOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

North Africa → historicalRegionOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

church in Smyrna → historicalSetting → Roman Empire ⓘ

Flavius → historicalUsagePeriod → Roman Empire ⓘ

Nubia → historicallyInteractedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Edirne → historicallyPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Balkans → historicallyRuledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Malabar Coast → historicallyTradedWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Cappadocia → incorporatedInto → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lusitanians → incorporatedInto → Roman Empire ⓘ

Nabataean city of Petra → incorporatedInto → Roman Empire ⓘ

Veneti people → incorporatedInto → Roman Empire ⓘ

Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula → influencedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Western Christianity → influencedBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lepontic Celts → integratedInto → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ligurians → integratedInto → Roman Empire ⓘ

solidus → introducedInEmpire → Roman Empire ⓘ

Sack of Rome 455 AD → involvedEthnicGroup → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Sack of Rome (455)

this entity surface form: Romans

Institutes → jurisdiction → Roman Empire ⓘ

Quadi → knownForConflictWith → Roman Empire ⓘ

Germania → knownTo → Roman Empire ⓘ

Memphis → laterControl → Roman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Memphis (Egypt)

Arwad → laterControlledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Pelusium → laterControlledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Waset → laterControlledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Basilica Julia → laterEra → Roman Empire ⓘ

Magnetes → laterIncorporatedInto → Roman Empire ⓘ

Colchis → laterPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lycia → laterPartOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Elis → laterProvinceOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Belgrade → laterRuledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Samaria → laterRuledBy → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lower Egypt → laterUnderControlOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Troezen → laterUnderRuleOf → Roman Empire ⓘ

Africa Proconsularis → locatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Bishop of Sasima → locatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lugdunum → locatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Roman roads → locatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Siscia → locatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Tarsus → locatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum → locatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Via Egnatia → locatedIn → Roman Empire ⓘ

Temple of Divus Julius → locatedInPoliticalEntity → Roman Empire ⓘ

Lucullan Villa in Campania → locatedInTime → Roman Empire ⓘ

First Council of Nicaea → location → Roman Empire ⓘ

Kitos War → location → Roman Empire ⓘ

Trinitarian controversies of the 4th century → location → Roman Empire ⓘ