The territory ruled by the city of Rome between the 6th century BC and the 5th or 6th century AD.
The government at Rome characterized by an autocratic form of government and its subject territory in Europe and the Mediterranean, from 27 BC until 476 AD (Western Roman Empire) and 1453 AD (Eastern Roman Empire with capital in Constantinople).
the lands in Europe and Africa and Asia that were ruled by ancient Rome
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
