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{{Infobox country|name=Roman Empire|native_name=Imperium Rōmānum<br>Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων|year_start=27 BCE|year_end=395 CE|image_map=Roman Empire.png|map_width=290|map_caption=The Roman Empire in 280|common_languages=Latin<br>Ancient Greek|mode_of_production=[[Slavery]]|event_start=Empire established|event_end=East-West division|date_end=17 January|event_post=Fall of Western Roman Empire|date_post=4 September 476|area_km2=5,000,000|area_footnote=(117 CE)|population_estimate=56,800,000|population_estimate_year=25 BCE}} | |||
The '''Roman Empire''' was an ancient state that existed in [[Europe]], [[West Asia]], and [[North Africa]]. | The '''Roman Empire''' was an ancient state that existed in [[Europe]], [[West Asia]], and [[North Africa]]. While the western part of the Roman Empire fell in 476 CE, the [[Byzantium|eastern part]] would live on for nearly a thousand more years, until 1453 CE. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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=== Formation === | === Formation === | ||
The populist general Julius Caesar won the civil war of the [[Roman Republic (509–27 BCE)|Roman Republic]] in 45 BCE but was soon assassinated. [[Mark Antony]] and [[Augustus|Octavian]], the leaders of his faction defeated the pro-Senate opposition of [[Brutus]] and [[Cassius]] but then went to war against each other, with Octavian (renamed Augustus) becoming a military dictator and proclaiming himself the first emperor of Rome.<ref name=":05">{{Citation|author=Neil Faulkner|year=2013|title=A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals|chapter=Ancient Empires|page=45|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedljwr5izotdclz23o3c5p4di4t3ero3ncbfytip55slhiz4otuls?filename=Neil%20Faulkner%20-%20A%20Marxist%20History%20of%20the%20World_%20From%20Neanderthals%20to%20Neoliberals-Pluto%20Press%20%282013%29.pdf|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=9781849648639|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=91CA6C708BFE15444FE27899217FBA8E}}</ref> | The populist general Julius Caesar won the civil war of the [[Roman Republic (509–27 BCE)|Roman Republic]] in 45 BCE but was soon assassinated. [[Mark Antony]] and [[Augustus|Octavian]], the leaders of his faction defeated the pro-Senate opposition of [[Brutus]] and [[Cassius]] but then went to war against each other, with Octavian (renamed Augustus) becoming a military dictator and proclaiming himself the first emperor of Rome.<ref name=":05">{{Citation|author=Neil Faulkner|year=2013|title=A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals|chapter=Ancient Empires|page=45|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacedljwr5izotdclz23o3c5p4di4t3ero3ncbfytip55slhiz4otuls?filename=Neil%20Faulkner%20-%20A%20Marxist%20History%20of%20the%20World_%20From%20Neanderthals%20to%20Neoliberals-Pluto%20Press%20%282013%29.pdf|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=9781849648639|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=91CA6C708BFE15444FE27899217FBA8E}}</ref> | ||
== Mode of production == | == Mode of production == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:History]] | |||
[[Category:Slavery]] | [[Category:Slavery]] | ||