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Roman Empire
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Imperium Romanum
Ρωμα?κ? Αυτοκρατορ?α
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Latina
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Imperium Romanum
fuit res publica antiqua cuius caput erat urbs maxima Roma et quae tempore maximae suae potestatis a Britannia usque ad Mesopotamiam extensa est. Ab Augusto Caesare imperium Romanum sic institutum est, ut res publica uni principi soli gubernanda mandaretur. Imperium Romanum tamquam totius orbis terrarum vel saltem eius orbis terrarum partis, quam totius mundi instar esse antiqui existimaverunt, dominatum obtinuit usque ad aetatem migrationum populorum et gentium, quo tempore in duas partes divisum, ubi ad occidentem solem vergebat, interiit, ubi ad orientem solem spectabat, per medium quod dicitur aevum remansit.
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Ελληνικ?
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Ρωμα?κ? Αυτοκρατορ?α
νοε?ται το κρ?το? των αρχα?ων Ρωμα?ων (imperium), μετεξ?λιξη τη? Ρωμα?κ?? Δημοκρατ?α? ?ταν και οι περισσ?τερε? εξουσ?ε? συγκεντρ?θηκαν στα χ?ρια εν?? ανθρ?που, του Κα?σαρα ? αυτοκρ?τορα (imperator).Το κρ?το? που ε?χαν δημιουργ?σει οι αρχα?οι Ρωμα?οι π?ρασαν αρκετο? αι?νε? μ?χρι να αποκτ?σει το πολ?τευμα τη? αυτοκρατορ?α?, με το οπο?ο το θυμο?νται οι σημερινο? λαο?, αλλ? ?χει επικρατ?σει να αναφερ?μαστε με τον ?ρο ‘’Ρωμα?κ? Αυτοκρατορ?α’’ για ?λη την περ?οδο τη? αρχα?α? ρωμα?κ?? ιστορ?α?.
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English
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Roman Empire
The
Roman Empire
(Latin:
Imperium Romanum
}, probably the best-known Latin expression where the word "
imperium
" denotes a territory, indicates the part of the world under Roman rule. From the time of Augustus to the
Fall of the Western Empire
, Rome dominated
Western Eurasia
, comprising the majority of its population. Roman expansion began long before the state was changed into an Empire and reached its zenith under emperor Trajan with the conquest of Mesopotamia and Armenia in AD 116. During this territorial peak the Roman Empire controlled approximately 5 900 000 km² (2,300,000 sq.mi.) of land surface. Rome's influence upon the culture, law, technology, arts, language, religion, government, military, and architecture of
Western civilization
continues to this day.
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Short name
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Roman Empire
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Official name(s)
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Roman Kingdom / Roman Republic / Roman Empire
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Status
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Empire between 8th century BCE and 476
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Location
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South Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
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Capital
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Rome (
Roma
), later Rome and Constantinople
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Major language(s)
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Latin and Greek
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Major religion(s)
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Polytheism and later Christianity
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More information
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Roman Empire
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More images
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Roman Empire
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Roman Empire (Category)
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History in maps
This section holds a short summary of the history
[1]
, illustrated with maps.
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Italy around 400 BCE;
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Territorial development of the Roman Empire (Animated map)
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The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
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Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192
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Roman Republic 100 BCE
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The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
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Camps of the Roman Legions in 80
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Roman Empire in 117
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Roman Empire in 117
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Roman roads in Italy
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Roman Empire in 125
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Roman era Balkans, about 150 AD
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Praetorian Prefectures of the Roman Empire (395 AD)
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Roman Empire in 395
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Western Roman Empire 395
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Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
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Western Roman Empire
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The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
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Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
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Division of the Roman Empire in 406
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Domain of Soissons, 481
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Domain of Soissons, 486
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Eastern Roman Empire
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Eastern Roman Empire
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
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Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
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Map of the changes in borders of the Eastern Roman Empire
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The Eastern Roman Empire at the accession of Leo III,
c.
717
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The Eastern Roman Empire at the accession of
Basil I
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c.
867
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The Eastern Roman Empire under
Basil II
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c.
1025
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Eastern Roman Empire 1025
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Map of the Eastern Roman Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170.
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Eastern Roman Empire 1180
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Map to show the partition of the empire following the Fourth Crusade, c.1204.
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The despotate of Epirus from 1230 to 1251
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The Eastern Roman Empire in 1265 (William R. Shepherd,
Historical Atlas
, 1911).
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Eastern Roman Empire in 1265
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The despotate of Epirus from 1252 to 1315
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The despotate of Epirus from 1315 to 1358
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Eastern Roman Empire in 1355
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Empire of the Romans and Serbs and whole Albania (Empire of Simeon Uro? - Sini?a), 14th century
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Eastern Roman Empire 1400
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Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to
maps
and
cartography
on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general
notes and references
.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the
Atlas of Turkey
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The text of the summary of the history is mainly based on the text in Wikipedia.
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Entries available in the atlas