Roman Empire

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient civilization
historical empire
state
administrativeDivision province
alsoKnownAs Imperium Romanorum
linked to: Roman Empire

Imperium Romanum
linked to: Roman Empire

Imperium Romanum Occidentale
linked to: Roman Empire

Imperium Romanum Orientale
linked to: Roman Empire
border Hadrian's Wall
Limes Germanicus
capital Constantinople
linked to: Istanbul

Rome
continent Africa
Asia
Europe
culturalLegacy Byzantine culture
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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
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 SPQR
linked to: Roman Senate

eagle standard
territoryIncludes Asia Minor
Balkans
Britannia
linked to: Great Britain

Egypt
Gaul
linked to: France

Iberian Peninsula
Italian Peninsula
Judea
North Africa
Syria
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Christianity originatedIn Roman Empire
Latin alphabet originatedIn Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Empire
Eastern Orthodox Christianity historicalOrigin Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Roman Empire
Jesus Christ countryOfBirth Roman Empire
Europe hasHistoricalPeriod Roman Empire
Roman Empire alsoKnownAs Imperium Romanum
linked to: Roman Empire
Roman Empire alsoKnownAs Imperium Romanorum
linked to: Roman Empire
Roman Empire alsoKnownAs Imperium Romanum Occidentale
linked to: Roman Empire
Roman Empire alsoKnownAs Imperium Romanum Orientale
linked to: Roman Empire
Ichthys historicalPeriodOfUse Roman Empire
subject linked to: ichthys
Mediterranean Sea wasCentralTo Roman Empire
Vulgar Latin usedIn Roman Empire
North Africa historicalRegionOf Roman Empire
Tunisia historicalCivilization Roman Empire
Judea underRuleOf Roman Empire
Golgotha governedByAtTimeOfEvent Roman Empire
Romance languages developedIn Roman Empire
Orange foundedBy Romans
linked to: Roman Empire
Roman law appliedIn Roman Empire
Rome wasCapitalOf Roman Empire
Lower Egypt laterUnderControlOf Roman Empire
Pontius Pilate countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Pontius Pilate employer Roman Empire
Pontius Pilate ethnicGroup Romans
linked to: Roman Empire
Memphis (Egypt) laterControl Roman Empire
subject linked to: Memphis
Balkans historicallyRuledBy Roman Empire
Augustus countryOfCitizenship Roman Empire
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt partOf Roman Empire
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt rulingPower Roman Empire
Roman Republic followedBy Roman Empire
Romulus Augustulus motherEmpire Roman Empire
Roman Senate continuedInPeriod Roman Empire
Roman Senate ceremonialRoleInPeriod Principate
linked to: Roman Empire
Hadrian's Wall constructedBy Roman Empire
Roman roads usedBy Roman Empire
Roman roads locatedIn Roman Empire
Roman roads timePeriod Roman Empire
Colosseum symbolOf Roman Empire
Roman legion usedBy Roman Empire
Roman legion historicalPeriod Roman Empire
Diocletian's Tetrarchy appliesTo Roman Empire
Edict of Milan appliesTo Roman Empire
Latin timePeriod Roman Empire
Bath, Somerset, England foundedBy Romans
linked to: Roman Empire
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ruledAsEmperor Roman Empire
subject linked to: Claudius
Claudius hasHistoricalUsage Roman Empire
Leptis Magna developedUnder Roman Empire
First Council of Nicaea location Roman Empire
First Council of Nicaea country Roman Empire