The Roman Empire

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Roman Empire

Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR)

"The Senate and People of Rome" [1]

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27 BC – AD 476 (West)*;

AD 285 – 1453 (East)*

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Rome and Constantinople personified,

clasping hands on a 4th-century solidus

The Roman Empire at its greatest extent,

during the reign of Trajan in 117 AD[2]

Capital

Rome until AD 286;

Various political centres in consort with Rome during the Tetrarchy

Constantinople from 330, with a Western counterpart in Milan and later Ravenna[3]

Languages

Latin; Greek; various local languages

Religion

Pluralistic, subject to Imperial cult

Christianity after 380

Government

Autocracy

Princeps to 284; see also Roman emperor

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27 BC–AD 14

Augustus

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284–305

Diocletian

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379–395

Theodosius I

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1449–1453

Constantine XI

Legislature

Roman Senate

Historical era

Classical antiquity

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Octavian proclaimed Augustus

27 BC

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Imperial administration split between East and West

285

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Constantinople established as a new imperial capital

330

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Death of Theodosius the Great; permanent division into East and West

395

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Deposition of Romulus Augustus

476

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Fall of Constantinople

1453

Area

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25 BC[4][5]

2,750,000 km² (1,061,781 sq mi)

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117[4]

6,500,000 km² (2,509,664 sq mi)

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390 [4]

4,400,000 km² (1,698,849 sq mi)

Population

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