Roman Empire

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Roman Empire
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27 BC – 395 AD
395 – 476/480 (Western)
395 – 1453 (Eastern)

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Aureus of Augustus Vexillum
The Roman Empire in AD 117, at its greatest extent at the time of Trajan's death (with its vassals in pink).
Capital
Languages
Religion
Government Semi-elective, functionally absolute monarchy
Emperor
 -  27 BC  – AD 14 Augustus (first)
 -  98–117 Trajan
 -  284–305 Diocletian
 -  306–337 Constantine I
 -  379–395 Theodosius I
 -  474–480 Julius Nepos
 -  475–476 Romulus Augustus
 -  527–565 Justinian I
 -  780–797 Constantine VI
Legislature Senate
Historical era Classical era to Late Middle Ages
 -  Final War of the
Roman Republic
32–30 BC
 -  Empire established 30–2 BC
 -  Constantinople
becomes capital
11 May 330
 -  Final East-West divide 17 Jan 395
 -  Fall of the Western Roman Empire 4 Sep 476
 -  Murder of Emperor Julius Nepos 25 Apr 480
 -  Fourth Crusade 12 Apr 1204
 -  Reconquest of Constantinople 25 Jul 1261
 -  Fall of Constantinople 29 May 1453
 -  Fall of Trebizond 15 August 1461
Area
5,000,000 km² (1,930,511 sq mi)
 -  AD 390 4,400,000 km² (1,698,849 sq mi)
Currency Sestertius, Aureus, Solidus, Nomisma