Roman Empire

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊmən ˈɛmpaɪə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/

Proper noun

Roman Empire

(historical) The empire which succeeded the Roman Republic and existed between 27 B.C.E. and 476 C.E. in the west (and until 1453 C.E. in the east; see Byzantine Empire), encompassing territories stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf. [from 15th c.]
Coordinate terms: Roman Kingdom; Roman Republic; Western Roman Empire; Byzantine Empire (Byzantium, Eastern Roman Empire)
(historical, now rare) The Holy Roman Empire. [from 16th c.]

Synonyms

Rome

Translations

ancient Latin empire

Afrikaans: Romeinse Ryk
Albanian: Perandoria Romake
Arabic: اَلْإِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّة الرُّومَانِيَّة‎ f (al-ʾimbirāṭūriyya(t) ar-rūmāniyya)
Armenian: Հռոմեական Կայսրություն (Hṙomeakan Kaysrutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: Roma İmperiyası
Belarusian: Ры́мская імпе́рыя f (Rýmskaja impjéryja)
Bengali: রোমান সাম্রাজ্য (roman samrajẏ)
Bulgarian: Ри́мска импе́рия f (Rímska impérija)
Catalan: Imperi romà
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅馬帝國／罗马帝国 (zh), 罗马帝国 (zh) (Luómǎ dìguó)
Czech: římská říše f
Danish: Romerriget n (definite form)
Dutch: Romeinse Rijk (nl) n
Esperanto: Romia Imperio
Estonian: Rooma riik
Faroese: Rómverjaríkið n
Finnish: Rooman valtakunta (fi), Rooman imperiumi
French: Empire romain (fr) m
Galician: Imperio Romano m
Georgian: რომის იმპერია (romis imṗeria)
German: Römisches Reich (de) n, Römerreich n
Greek: Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία (el) f (Romaïkí Aftokratoría)
Ancient: Ῥωμανία f (Rhōmanía)
Hebrew: האימפריה הרומית‎ (ha'impérya harómit)
Hindi: रोमन साम्राज्य (roman sāmrājya)
Hungarian: Római Birodalom (hu), Római Császárság
Icelandic: Rómaveldi n, Rómverska heimsveldið n(definite form)
Indonesian: Kekaisaran Romawi
Irish: Impireacht na Róimhe f
Italian: Impero romano m
Japanese: ローマ帝国 (Rōma teikoku)
Kazakh: Рим империясы (Rim imperiäsy)
Korean: 로마 제국 (Roma jeguk)
Lao: ຈັກກະພົບໂຣມັນ (lo) (chak ka phop rō man)
Latin: Imperium Rōmānum n
Latvian: Romas impērija f
Lithuanian: Romos imperija f
Low German:
German Low German: Röömsch Riek n
Luxembourgish: Réimescht Räich n
Macedonian: Римско царство n (Rimsko carstvo), Римска империја f (Rimska imperija)
Malay: Empayar Rom
Marathi: रोमन साम्राज्य n (roman sāmrājya)
Mongolian: Ромын эзэнт гүрэн (Romyn ezent güren)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Romerriket n (definite form)
Nynorsk: Romarriket n (definite form)
Old English: Rōmāna rīċe n
Persian: امپراتوری روم‎ (fa) (emperâturi-ye Rum)
Polish: Cesarstwo Rzymskie (pl) n, Imperium Rzymskie (pl) n
Portuguese: Império Romano (pt) m
Romanian: Imperiul Roman (ro) n
Russian: Ри́мская импе́рия f (Rímskaja impérija)
Sanskrit: रोमकविषय (sa) m (romakaviṣaya)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Римско царство n
Roman: Rimsko carstvo n
Slovak: Rímske cisárstvo n
Slovene: Rimski imperij m
Spanish: Imperio romano m
Swedish: Romerska riket n (definite form)
Tagalog: Imperyong Romano
Thai: จักรวรรดิโรมัน (jàk-grà-wàt rohman)
Turkish: Roma İmparatorluğu
Turkmen: Rim imperiýasy
Ukrainian: Ри́мська імпе́рія f (Rýmsʹka impérija)
Vietnamese: Đế quốc La Mã
Welsh: Yr Ymerodraeth Rufeinig
West Frisian: Romeinske Ryk n