Roman Empire
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- proper noun
- /ˈroʊmən ˈɛmpaɪər/
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Imperio romano
- The Roman Empire was known for its impressive architecture and advanced engineering.
- the fall of the Roman Empire
- the collapse of the Roman Empire
- the Eastern Roman Empire
Rivers of ink have been devoted to why the Roman Empire fell and if it actually did.
- Rivers of ink have been devoted to why the Roman Empire fell and if it actually did.
- A lot of Greek tutors were serving Roman masters in in the Roman Empire, teaching their kids.
- Now, next week, we talk about the fall of the Roman Empire.
- When he died, the Roman Empire seemed to have been restored to its former glory.
- Remember the great argument of Gibbons decline and fall is that the key to the fall of the Roman Empire is Christianity.
- Feudalism starts as a highly decentralized it's the opposite of the Roman Empire.
- But the region, of course, is no stranger to invading powers with the Ottoman Empire, the Roman Empire, more recently the British Empire.
- Federati, that is to say, armies of the Roman Empire.
- Men cannot stop thinking about the Roman Empire.
- And Constantine ended up having this brilliant idea where they would restructure the Roman Empire and where.
Examples
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Many modern languages are heavily influenced by Latin, which was the language of the Roman Empire.
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The Roman Empire controlled the world because it could build roads.
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Ireland was Celtic, was in contact with the Roman Empire, but was not part of it.
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By 300 AD, the Roman Empire extended from Arabia to Britain.
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At the height of the Roman Empire, these coastal lagoons were home only to small fishing communities.
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He was a slave who led a revolt against the Roman Empire.
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The Roman Empire expanded significantly under the rule of Emperor Augustus.
Synonyms
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A group of countries that one ruler or government controls
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the empire of Rome' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'Roman' (pertaining to Rome) with 'empire' (a state ruling many territories), so a learner who knows both words will understand it refers to Rome's imperial state. This compositional, proper-name construction is cross-linguistically common and does not require idiomatic or historical inference to grasp the basic meaning, though detailed historical specifics go beyond the phrase itself.
Etymology
Roman Empire begins with the city of Rome which grew into a huge state ruled by one man, the emperor Augustus who became leader in 27 BC. The name links Roman (from Rome) and Empire (a 'large state ruled by one leader'), so today Roman Empire means the ancient power that controlled many lands in Europe, Africa and Asia.