Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun roman_empire

1 sense of roman empire

Sense 1
Roman 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)
       INSTANCE OF=> empire, imperium -- (the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised)