Western Empire

or Western Roman Empire The western section of the Roman Empire, first set apart in ad 286 by Emperor Diocletian, formalized after the death of Theodosius I in 395, and lasting until 476. It comprised Italy, Gaul, the Iberian Peninsula, and much of Britain, Illyria, and northern Africa.

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Western Empire - the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476Western Roman EmpireRoman Empire - 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

Western Empire

Western Empire:

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Ital. Roma, city (1991 pop. 2,775,250), capital of Italy and see of the pope, whose residence, Vatican City, is a sovereign state within the city of Rome. Rome is also the capital of Latium, a region of central Italy, and of Rome prov.
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(Charles the Great or Charles I) [O.Fr.,=Charles the great], 742?–814, emperor of the West (800–814), Carolingian king of the Franks (768–814).
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Western Empire

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Synonyms for Western Empire

noun the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395

Synonyms

Western Roman Empire

Related Words

Roman Empire

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