Roman Empire

English

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Roman Empire

1. (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)

2. (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-ʔimbirāṭūriyya(t) ar-rūmāniyya)
• Armenian: Հռոմեական Կայսրություն (Hṙomeakan Kaysrutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: Roma İmperiyası
• Belarusian: Ры́мская імпе́рыя f (Rýmskaja impjéryja)
• Bengali: রোমান সাম্রাজ্য (rōman śamrajjo)
• Bulgarian: Ри́мска импе́рия f (Rímska impérija)
• Catalan: Imperi romà
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅馬帝國／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: Βασιλεία Ρωμαίων (el) f (Vasileía Romaíon), 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