Word
Roman Empire, n.
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
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Roman Empire
semantic pointers
member of this domain (region)
ancients
prefecture
instance hypernym
empire, imperium
part holonym
Europe
Africa
Asia
part meronym
Byzantine Empire, Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire, Western Empire
member meronym
Roman