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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Roman Empire
    n 1: an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in
         AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or
         Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa
         and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome