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Both the United Kingdom and the United States took inspiration from the Roman Empire in constructing their visions for dominating and transforming the world. [81] For example, leading thinkers in British India saw the possibility to reconstruct the colony's education system and leave a legacy similar to that produced by the Romans in ancient ...
This is a list of the dynasties that ruled the Roman Empire and its two succeeding counterparts, the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.Dynasties of states that had claimed legal succession from the Roman Empire are not included in this list.
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean ... died in 395 after making Christianity the state religion. [40] The Roman Empire by ... Most emperors chose a successor, ...
The Eastern Roman Empire, also referred to as the Byzantine Empire by historians, traced its origin to the foundation of Constantinople in 330 AD. [1] Constantinople was established by Emperor Constantine I (r. 306–337) as the new capital of the Roman Empire and had by 450 eclipsed the original Rome in both size and status. [2]
Sovereign state Predecessors Albania: Illyrians Illyrian kingdom (c. 650 - c. 135 BC) . Part of the Roman Empire, within the province of Macedonia (148 BC – 324 AD) Part of the Byzantine Empire, within the province of Macedonia (324–1190)
The Holy Roman Empire, [f] also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor. [16] It developed in the Early Middle Ages , and lasted for most of the 2nd millennium until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars .
As the Western Roman Empire crumbled, the new Germanic rulers who conquered its constituent provinces maintained most Roman laws and traditions. Many of the invading Germanic tribes were already Christianized, although most were followers of Arianism. They quickly changed their adherence to the state church of the Roman Empire.
The rise of the barbarian kingdoms in the territory previously governed by the Western Roman Empire was a gradual, complex, and largely unintentional process. [11] Their origin can ultimately be traced to the migrations of large numbers of barbarian (i.e. non-Roman) peoples into the territory of the Roman Empire.