Roman Empire (disambiguation)

The Roman Empire usually refers to the post-republican, autocratic government period of Roman civilization, centered on the city of Rome on the Italian peninsula from 27 BC to 330 AD, and in Constantinople on the Bosporus from 330 to 1453 AD.

Roman Empire may also refer to:

• Ancient Rome (753 BC – 476 AD), the entire period of ancient Roman civilization, including the Kingdom, Republic and part of the Imperial periods
• Kingdom of Rome (753 BC-509 BC), the poorly known earliest stage of Roman civilization
• Roman Republic (509 BC – 27 BC), the period of the ancient Roman civilization when its government operated as a republic
• Roman Empire (27 BC-395 AD before division)
  • The two administrative divisions of the empire during the "late" imperial period:
    • Eastern Roman Empire (395–1453), or the Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire, juridically simply the "Roman Empire" after 480 AD
      • Trapezuntine Empire (1204-1461), one of the three claimant successor states to Byzantium after the Sacking of Constantinople
      • Despotate of Epirus (1205-1377, 1356-1479), another of the three claimant successor states to Byzantium
        • Empire of Thessalonica, (1224-1246), Epirus' imperial period
      • Empire of Nicaea (1204-1261), the third claimant, and the only one to successfully restore the Byzantine throne
      • Duchy of Rome, one of Byzantium's duchies
    • Western Roman Empire (395–476/480), the western half of the Roman Empire
      • Kingdom of Soissons (457-486 AD), also known as the Kingdom of the Romans, another rump state of the Western Roman Empire
      • Kingdom of the Moors and Romans (429-578), a successor state of the Western Roman Empire
  • Short-lived breakaway states of the Roman Empire:
    • Gallic Roman Empire (264-270 AD)
    • Palmyrene Empire (270-273 AD)
• Roman States (754-1870), more commonly known as the Papal States and officially as the State of the Church, were the states under rule of the Pope and Roman Catholic Church
• Carolingian Empire (800–888), officially known as the Empire of Romans and Franks, the empire of Charlemagne and his successors, crowned as "Emperors of the Romans" by the Pope
• Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), multi-ethnic complex of territories in central Europe and successor of the Carolingian Empire. Claimant successor to the Western Roman Empire
• Latin Empire (1204–1261), officially known as the Empire of Romania, a crusader state centered on Constantinople established after the Fourth Crusade
• Roman Republic (1798-1799), a short-lived client state of the First French Republic
• Roman Republic (1849), another short-lived state based on the original Triumvirate style government used in Ancient Rome

Other uses

• Italian Empire (1869–1943), referred to as a "New Roman Empire", especially by Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini
• Roman's Empire, a comedy television show on BBC Two
• Roman's Empire (U.S. TV series)
• Roman Empire: Reign of Blood, 2016 American documentary television series
• Imperium Romanum (video game), 2008 video game developed by Haemimont Games
• Exalted Ottoman State, after the sacking of Constantinople, the rulers of the Exalted Ottoman State assumed the victory title of 'Caesar of Rome'

See also

• The Fall of the Roman Empire (film), a 1964 epic film by Paramount Pictures
• Rome (disambiguation)
• Roman Republic (disambiguation)
• Ancient Rome (disambiguation)
• Decline and fall of the Roman Empire (disambiguation)
• History of Rome
• Decline of the Roman Empire
• Fall of the Western Roman Empire
• Roman Reigns (b. 1985), pro-wrestler