Roman Empire
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The Roman Empire (or Impire) wis a gey muckle empire wi its caipital in Roum, ringed ower bi an emperor. The first emperor o Rome wis Octavian, efter cried Augustus, frae the year 27 BC. Afore that, Rome haed been a republic ringed ower bi a cooncil cried the "Senate".
Roman Empire | |||||||||||
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27 BC – 395 AD 395 – 480 (Wastren) 395 – 1453 (Eastren) | |||||||||||
Aureus o Augustus
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The Roman Empire in 117 AD, at its greatest extent at the time o Trajan's daith (its vassals in pink).[2] | |||||||||||
Caipital | Roum (27 BC – AD 410) Mediolanum (286–402, Wastren) | ||||||||||
Common leids | |||||||||||
Releegion |
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Govrenment | Mixed, functionally absolute monarchy | ||||||||||
Emperor | |||||||||||
• 27 BC – AD 14 | Augustus (first) | ||||||||||
• 98–117 | Trajan | ||||||||||
• 284–305 | Diocletian | ||||||||||
• 306–337 | Constantine I | ||||||||||
• 379–395 | Theodosius I[n 2] | ||||||||||
• 474–480 | Julius Nepos[n 3] | ||||||||||
• 527–565 | Justinian I | ||||||||||
• 976–1025 | Basil II | ||||||||||
• 1449–1453 | Constantine XI[n 4] | ||||||||||
Legislatur | Senate | ||||||||||
Historical era | Clessical era tae Late Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Final War o the Roman Republic | 32–30 BC | ||||||||||
• Empire established | 30–2 BC | ||||||||||
330 | |||||||||||
• Final East Wast divide | 395 | ||||||||||
• Faw o the Wastren Roman Empire | 476 | ||||||||||
• Fowert Crusade | 1202–1204 | ||||||||||
• Reconquest o Constantinople | 1261 | ||||||||||
• Faw o Constantinople | 29 May 1453 | ||||||||||
Aurie | |||||||||||
25 BC[3][4] | 2,750,000 km2 (1,060,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
AD 117[3][5] | 5,000,000 km2 (1,900,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
AD 390[3] | 4,400,000 km2 (1,700,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
56800000 | |||||||||||
Currency | Sestertius,[n 5] Aureus, Solidus, Nomisma | ||||||||||
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The Roman Empire wis maist muckle whan ringed ower bi Trajan ben the year 117. Efter him, Hadrian shapit it less muckle, an shapit Hadrian's waw ben the nor o Ingland.
Mony modren kintras are on land that wis aince pairt o the Roman Empire, includin Ingland, Spain, Portugal, Fraunce, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Egyp, an the north coast o Africae. The leid o the Roman Empire wis Laitin. The wastren pairt o the Roman Empire conteena'd for nearhaund 1000 year, an the eastren pairt, includin Greece an Turkey, conteena'd for aboot a thoosand year mair. The eastren pairt wis cried the Byzantine Empire - fer the auld name o the kintra - wi a caipital at Constantinople.