Dominate

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form of government historical period phase of the Roman Empire

The Dominate was the later, more autocratic phase of the Roman Empire characterized by centralized imperial authority, heavier bureaucracy, and a shift away from the earlier, more senatorial Principate system.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dominate period	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	form of government ⓘ historical period ⓘ phase of the Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithRuler	Constantinus Magnus ⓘ surface form: Constantine the Great Diocletian ⓘ later Roman emperors ⓘ
contrastsWith	earlier, more collegial image of the emperor in the Principate ⓘ
emergesAfter	Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ
emperorTitleStyle	dominus et deus ⓘ dominus noster ⓘ
endPeriod	15th century in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) ⓘ 5th century in the Western Roman Empire ⓘ
follows	Principate ⓘ
governmentType	absolute monarchy ⓘ autocracy ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Christianization of imperial ideology ⓘ autocratic rule ⓘ centralized imperial authority ⓘ emperor as overt monarch ⓘ expanded imperial bureaucracy ⓘ greater separation between emperor and subjects ⓘ heavier bureaucracy ⓘ increased court ceremonial ⓘ legal codification trends ⓘ more centralized tax system ⓘ more explicit absolutism ⓘ reduced role of the Roman Senate ⓘ stronger military influence in politics ⓘ
hasFeature	division of empire into smaller administrative units ⓘ formalized imperial court rituals ⓘ greater reliance on professional soldiers ⓘ increased taxation ⓘ increased use of imperial edicts ⓘ legal restrictions on social mobility ⓘ more rigid social hierarchy ⓘ state control over some economic activities ⓘ tetrarchic administrative reforms under Diocletian ⓘ
historicalRegion	Europe ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean Middle East ⓘ surface form: Near East North Africa ⓘ
influenced	later Byzantine imperial ideology ⓘ medieval concepts of Christian kingship ⓘ
languageOfTerm	Latin ⓘ
partOf	Roman Empire ⓘ
replaces	more senatorial Principate system ⓘ
startPeriod	late 3rd century ⓘ
termDerivedFrom	Latin word "dominatus" ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crisis of the Third Century → followedBy → Dominate ⓘ

Caesar → timePeriod → Dominate ⓘ

subject surface form: Caesar (imperial title)

this entity surface form: Dominate period