1. An empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome

Type of: empire, imperium

Part of: Africa, Asia, Europe

Encyclopedia: Roman Empire

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