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Roman Empire
  • Eastern
    )

The Roman Empire in AD 117, at its greatest extent at the time of Trajan's death (with its vassals in pink).[1]
The Roman Empire in AD 117, at its greatest extent at the time of Trajan's death (with its vassals in pink).[1]
Capital
Common languages
Religion
Government
Constantine I
• 379–395
Theodosius I[n 3]
• 474–480
Julius Nepos[n 4]
• 527–565
Justinian I
• 976–1025
Basil II
• 1449–1453
Constantine XI[n 5]
Legislature
Final War of the
Roman Republic
32–30 BC
30–2 BC
• Constantinople
becomes capital
11 May 330
• Final East-West divide
17 Jan 395
4 Sep 476
12 Apr 1204
• Reconquest of Constantinople
25 Jul 1261
29 May 1453
• Fall of Trebizond
15 August 1461
Area
25 BC[2][3]2,750,000 km2 (1,060,000 sq mi)
AD 117[2][4]5,000,000 km2 (1,900,000 sq mi)
AD 390[2]4,400,000 km2 (1,700,000 sq mi)
Population
• 25 BC[2][3]
56,800,000
CurrencySestertius,[n 6] Aureus, Solidus, Nomisma
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Roman Republic
Western Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (

overthrow of Romulus Augustulus in 476 AD by Odoacer, the Western Roman Empire
finally collapsed.

The empire's first two centuries were a period of peace and prosperity known as the

Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire, continued until 1453 with the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire
.

The institutions and culture of Rome have had a

of later nations, such as the United States.


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