Roman Empire
Caesar's vast realm
The Roman Empire was the vast territory controlled by ancient Rome, centered on the Mediterranean and extending across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
The term refers both to the political state and the era of imperial rule beginning with Augustus in 27 BCE.
The fall of the Roman Empire conventionally marks the end of antiquity in the West.
The phrase evokes grand ambition, military power, and eventual decline—invoked when describing any far-reaching dominion: He runs his company like the Roman Empire.
Roman imperial title
- AugustusRome's inaugural emperor
- PompeiiVolcano-buried Roman city
- VesuviusItalian volcano, historically destructive
- togaAncient draped garment
forum · Colosseum · Latin · gladiator · chariot · amphitheater · villa · mosaic
Great number, or soldiers
- centurionRoman army officer
- legionaryRoman military serviceman
- praetorianOf elite Roman soldiers
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
cavalry · infantry · siege · fortification · camp · standards · eagle · gladius
Channel conveying water distances
- roadsPaved paths for vehicles
- concreteSolid building mixture
- archCurved spanning structure
- domeRounded vault forming roof
Pantheon · Colosseum · sewers · bridges · harbors · baths · hypocaust · construction
Legislative governing body
- republicState with elected leaders
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- praetorRoman judicial magistrate
- tribuneSpeaker's raised platform
censor · patrician · plebeian · citizenship · veto · province · governor · imperator
Decrease or refuse
- barbariansUncivilized foreigners, historically
- VisigothsGermanic tribe, sacked Rome
- VandalsEast Germanic tribal kingdom
- GothsEast Germanic tribal people
Huns · Alaric · Attila · sack · invasion · collapse · corruption · division
Ancient Roman language
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- ChristianityFaith based on Jesus
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
Renaissance · heritage · alphabet · calendar · republic · architecture · humanism · codification
Caesar
Roman imperial title
- AugustusRome's inaugural emperor
- PompeiiVolcano-buried Roman city
- VesuviusItalian volcano, historically destructive
toga · forum · Colosseum · Latin · gladiator · chariot · amphitheater · villa · mosaic · fresco
legion
Great number, or soldiers
- centurionRoman army officer
- legionaryRoman military serviceman
- praetorianOf elite Roman soldiers
cohort · cavalry · infantry · siege · fortification · camp · standards · eagle · gladius · pilum
aqueduct
Channel conveying water distances
dome · Pantheon · Colosseum · sewers · bridges · harbors · baths · hypocaust · construction · surveying
senate
Legislative governing body
tribune · censor · patrician · plebeian · citizenship · veto · province · governor · imperator · dictator
decline
Decrease or refuse
- barbariansUncivilized foreigners, historically
- VisigothsGermanic tribe, sacked Rome
- VandalsEast Germanic tribal kingdom
Goths · Huns · Alaric · Attila · sack · invasion · collapse · corruption · division · Constantinople
Latin
Ancient Roman language
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- ChristianityFaith based on Jesus
classical · Renaissance · heritage · alphabet · calendar · republic · architecture · humanism · codification · civil law
- European HistoryFrench Revolution, Industrial Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, Middle Ages, London Blitz
- Roman topicsancient Italy
- Caesar's legacyJulius Caesar, Augustus, Julian calendar, dictatorship, Senate
- empiresemperor, empress, imperial, Imperial China, Imperial Russia
- Former StatesPrussia, Czechoslovakia, Austria-Hungary, Soviet Union, East Germany
- Historical NationsPrussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Bohemia, Qing Dynasty
Roman EmpireRoman Republic
Rome before its emperors
Athenian democracy · Greek city-states · republic · republican government · democracy
Roman EmpirePersian Empire
Ancient Iranian imperial dominion
Sassanid Empire · Carthage · Attila the Hun · Germanic tribes
Roman EmpireDark Ages
Post-Roman European decline
feudal Europe · barbarian kingdoms · Byzantine Empire · Holy Roman Empire
romantic, romance, Rome, Roman, Romania, romanticize, romanticism, Romans, romanticist