Template:Roman Empire infobox
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The Roman Empire at its greatest extent under the rule of Trajan, c. 117. |
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| National Motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus |
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| Official languages | Latin, Greek | |
| Capitals | Rome; later joined by Constantinople | |
| Government | Monarchy with Republican forms, later Autocracy | |
| Head of state | Emperor, nominally also two consuls; after the division there was a Western Roman Emperor and an Eastern Roman Emperor | |
| Head of government | Nominally, the two consuls were equal co-heads of government. One of the consuls might be the emperor. | |
| Deliberative Body | Roman Senate | |
| Area - Total - % water |
1st before collapse 2.3 million square miles (5 900 000 km²) at its height ?% |
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| Population | estimates vary from 55 million to over 120 million | |
| Establishment | September 2, 31 BC | |
| Dissolution | Division between the Western Roman Empire which ended on the 4 September 476, and the Eastern Roman Empire, widely known as Byzantine Empire, conquered on 29 May 1453. | |
| First emperor | Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) | |
| Last Emperor | Theodosius I (379-395) last ruler over the whole empire, subsequent final division. Last Emperor of the West: Romulus Augustus (475-476) or Julius Nepos claiming sovereignty over the Western Roman Empire, until his death in 480. Last Emperor of the East: Constantine XI (1449-1453). | |
| Preceding state | Roman Republic | |
| Succeeding states | Western Roman Empire, and Eastern Roman Empire (widely known as Byzantine Empire). | |
| Currency | Solidus, Aureus, Denarius, Sestertius, As | |
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