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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ro′man Em′pire, - Ancient History, Place Namesthe lands and peoples subject to the authority of ancient Rome.
- Ancient Historythe form of government established in ancient Rome in 27b.c.,comprising the Principate or Early Empire (27b.c.–a.d.284) and the Autocracy or Later Empire (a.d.284–476).
- World Historya later empire, as that of Charlemagne or the Byzantine Empire, regarded as a restoration or continuation of the ancient Roman Empire or one of its branches. Cf. Holy Roman Empire.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Roman Empire n - the territories ruled by ancient Rome. At its height under Trajan, the Roman Empire included W and S Europe, Africa north of the Sahara, and SW Asia. In 395 ad it was divided by Theodosius into the Eastern Roman Empire whose capital was Byzantium and which lasted until 1453, and the Western Roman Empire which lasted until the sack of Rome in 476
- the government of Rome and its dominions by the emperors from 27 bc
- the Byzantine Empire
- the Holy Roman Empire
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