Western Roman Empire

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former empire historical state

The Western Roman Empire was the western half of the Roman Empire that existed from its formal division in the late 4th century until its collapse in 476 AD, marking the end of ancient Rome in Western Europe.

Aliases (7)

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former empire → historical state →
administrativeLanguage	Latin →
borderedBy	Eastern Roman Empire → Franks → Saxons → Suebi → Vandal Kingdom → Visigothic Kingdom →
commonName	Western Roman Empire →
conflict	Attila the Hun’s invasion of Gaul → Gothic War (376–382) → Vandalic War in North Africa →
continent	Africa → Asia → Europe →
currency	denarius → siliqua → solidus →
dissolutionReason	barbarian invasions → deposition of the last emperor by Odoacer → economic decline → internal political instability →
dividedFrom	Eastern Roman Empire →
endTime	476 →
firstEmperor	Honorius →
followedBy	Kingdom of Odoacer → Ostrogothic Kingdom →
governmentForm	absolute monarchy → autocracy →
hasCapital	Mediolanum → Ravenna →
hasLanguage	Latin →
hasReligion	Christianity → Roman paganism →
hasTerritory	Britannia → Corsica → Dalmatia → Gaul → Hispania → Illyricum → Italy → North Africa → Pannonia → Sardinia → Sicily →
historicalEra	Late Antiquity →
historicalSignificance	marked the end of ancient Rome in Western Europe →
importantBattle	Battle of Pollentia → Battle of Ravenna (432) → Battle of Verona (402) → Battle of the Catalaunian Plains →
lastDeJureRuler	Julius Nepos →
lastRuler	Romulus Augustulus →
legalSystem	Roman law →
militaryLeader	Aetius → Odoacer → Ricimer → Stilicho →
notableEvent	Battle of Adrianople in 378 → Battle of the Frigidus in 394 → Deposition of Romulus Augustulus in 476 → Sack of Rome by the Vandals in 455 → Sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410 →
officialName	Imperium Romanum Occidentale →
partOf	Roman Empire →
precededBy	Roman Empire →
ruler	Anthemius → Avitus → Constantius III → Glycerius → Honorius → Julius Nepos → Libius Severus → Majorian → Olybrius → Petronius Maximus → Romulus Augustulus → Valentinian III →
startTime	395 →
successorStateClaimant	Byzantine Empire → Holy Roman Empire →
symbol	Roman eagle → labarum →
usedCalendar	Julian calendar →

Referenced by (105)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Avitus → Constantius III → Glycerius → Julius Nepos → Odoacer → Orestes → Petronius Maximus → Pope Leo I → Pope Zosimus → Saint Epiphanius of Pavia → Valentinian III →	countryOfCitizenship
Battle of Pollentia → Council of Carthage (418) → Empress Licinia Eudoxia → Honorius → Libius Severus → Olybrius → Romulus Augustulus → Sack of Rome (410) → Sack of Rome (455) →	country
Battle of the Frigidus → Christianization of the Roman Empire → Constantinian civil war → Sack of Rome (455) → Siege of Segusio →	location
Battle of the Milvian Bridge → First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) → Visigothic–Roman conflicts → court of Trier →	locatedIn
Aetius → Boethius → Ricimer →	citizenship
Battle of Pollentia → Sack of Rome (410) → Sack of Rome (455) →	combatant
Ambrose of Milan → Pope Zosimus →	deathPlace
Kingdom of Odoacer → Middle Ages →	follows
First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) → Sack of Rome (410) →	hasParticipant
Alaric I → Battle of Pollentia →	opponent
Avitus ("Western Roman emperor") → Romulus Augustulus ("Western Roman emperor") →	positionHeld
Kingdom of the Franks → Visigothic Kingdom →	predecessor
Ambrose of Milan → Vulgar Latin →	region
Constans → Constantine the Great →	ruledOver
Milan → Ravenna →	wasCapitalOf
Ostrogothic Kingdom →	administrativeContinuityWith
Stilicho →	allegiance
Crisis of the Third Century →	appliesToPart
Aetius →	associatedWith
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains →	belligerent
solidus →	circulatedIn
Western Roman Empire →	commonName
Genseric →	conflict
Alans →	conflictedWith
First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) →	conflictIn
Vandals →	conflictWith
Ricimer ("Western Roman imperial court") →	controlledInstitution
Letter to Demetrias →	countryOfOrigin
Ricimer →	countryOfService
Stilicho →	countryRuled
Rule of Four →	dividesEmpireInto
Visigothic Kingdom →	emergedFrom
Majorian →	emperorOf
Libius Severus →	employer
Franks →	engagedWithEmpire
Roman Empire →	followedBy
Diocletianic Persecution →	geographicExtent
Pelagianism →	geographicOrigin
Theodosian Code →	geographicScope
First siege of Rome by Alaric (408) →	hasBelligerent
Fall of the Western Roman Empire →	hasLocation
Late Antiquity →	hasMajorRegion
Empress Licinia Eudoxia ("late Western Roman Empire") →	historicalPeriod
First Council of Nicaea →	includedBishopsFrom
Pannonia →	lostBy
Visigothic–Roman conflicts →	mainBelligerent
Western Roman Empire ("Imperium Romanum Occidentale") →	officialName
Odoacer →	overthrew
Ricimer →	placeOfBirth
De Opificio Dei →	placeOfComposition
Kingdom of Odoacer ("Western Roman Empire in Italy") →	predecessorPolity
Edict of Milan →	regionOfPromulgation
Flavius →	regionOfUse
Maximian →	regionRuled
Anthemius →	reignedOver
Honorius →	ruledPartOf
Carinus →	ruledRegion
Aetius →	servedIn
Orestes →	servedUnder
Vandal Kingdom →	sharesBorderWith
Sack of Rome (455) →	significantEventFor
Byzantine Empire →	splitFrom
Romulus Augustulus ("Kingdom of Odoacer in Italy") →	succeededByPoliticalEntity
Constantinian dynasty →	territoryIncludes
Orestes ("Late Western Roman Empire") →	timePeriod
Sermo Vulgaris →	usedInRegion
Glycerius →	wasEmperorOf