Phrase guide

Roman Empire

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • UK: /ˈɹəʊmən ˈɛmpaɪə/
  • US: /ˈɹoʊmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

name

Meaning 1

An ancient empire based out of Rome, 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 vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa, stretching from Britain and Germany to Spain, North Africa and the Persian Gulf.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Rome

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The Holy Roman Empire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An unexpected or apparently random topic that one frequently thinks about.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: empire, imperium

History

Etymology

The sense something that one frequently thinks about is a reference to the "How Often Do You Think About the Roman Empire?" meme, popularized on Instagram and TikTok around September 2023.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Romeinse Ryk — ancient Latin empire
  • Afrikaans: Romeinse Keiserryk — ancient Latin empire
  • Albanian: Perandoria Romake — ancient Latin empire
  • Arabic: اَلْإِمْبِرَاطُورِيَّةُ الرُّومَانِيَّة (al-ʔimbirāṭūriyyatu r-rūmāniyya) — ancient Latin empire
  • Armenian: Հռոմեական Կայսրություն (Hṙomeakan Kaysrutʻyun) — ancient Latin empire
  • Azerbaijani: Roma İmperiyası — ancient Latin empire
  • Basque: Erromatar Inperioa — ancient Latin empire
  • Belarusian: Ры́мская імпе́рыя (Rýmskaja impjéryja) — ancient Latin empire
  • Belarusian: Ры́мская iмпэ́рыя (Rýmskaja impéryja) — ancient Latin empire
  • Bengali: রোমান সাম্রাজ্য (rōman śamrajjo) — ancient Latin empire
  • Bulgarian: Ри́мска импе́рия (Rímska impérija) — ancient Latin empire
  • Burmese: ရောမအင်ပါယာ (rau:ma.angpaya) — ancient Latin empire
  • Catalan: Imperi romà — ancient Latin empire
  • Chinese Cantonese: 羅馬帝國 /罗马帝国 (lo4 maa5 dai3 gwok3) — ancient Latin empire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬帝國 /罗马帝国 (Luómǎ dìguó) — ancient Latin empire
  • Czech: Římská říše — ancient Latin empire
  • Danish: Romerriget — ancient Latin empire
  • Dutch: Romeinse Rijk — ancient Latin empire
  • Esperanto: Romia Imperio — ancient Latin empire
  • Estonian: Rooma riik — ancient Latin empire
  • Estonian: Rooma impeerium — ancient Latin empire
  • Faroese: Rómverjaríkið — ancient Latin empire
  • Finnish: Rooman valtakunta — ancient Latin empire
  • Finnish: Rooman imperiumi — ancient Latin empire
  • French: Empire romain — ancient Latin empire
  • West-Frisian: Romeinske Ryk — ancient Latin empire
  • Galician: Imperio Romano — ancient Latin empire
  • Georgian: რომის იმპერია (romis imṗeria) — ancient Latin empire
  • German: Römisches Reich — ancient Latin empire
  • German: Römerreich — ancient Latin empire
  • Greek: Βασιλεία Ρωμαίων (Vasileía Romaíon) — ancient Latin empire
  • Greek: Ρωμαϊκή Αυτοκρατορία (Romaïkí Aftokratoría) — ancient Latin empire
  • Ancient Greek: Ῥωμανία (Rhōmanía) — ancient Latin empire
  • Ancient Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων (Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) — ancient Latin empire
  • Hebrew: האימפריה הרומית (ha-impérya ha-rómit) — ancient Latin empire
  • Hindi: रोमन साम्राज्य (roman sāmrājya) — ancient Latin empire
  • Hungarian: Római Birodalom — ancient Latin empire
  • Hungarian: Római Császárság — ancient Latin empire
  • Icelandic: Rómaveldi — ancient Latin empire
  • Icelandic: Rómverska heimsveldið — ancient Latin empire
  • Indonesian: Kekaisaran Romawi — ancient Latin empire
  • Irish: Impireacht na Róimhe — ancient Latin empire
  • Italian: Impero romano — ancient Latin empire
  • Japanese: ローマ帝国 (Rōma teikoku) — ancient Latin empire
  • Kazakh: Рим империясы (Rim imperiäsy) — ancient Latin empire
  • Khmer: ចក្រភពរ៉ូម (cakkraʼphup roum) — ancient Latin empire
  • Korean: 로마 제국 — ancient Latin empire
  • Lao: ຈັກກະພົບໂຣມັນ (chak ka phop rō man) — ancient Latin empire
  • Latin: Imperium Rōmānum — ancient Latin empire
  • Latvian: Romas impērija — ancient Latin empire
  • Lithuanian: Romos imperija — ancient Latin empire
  • Low German: Röömsch Riek — ancient Latin empire
  • Luxembourgish: Réimescht Räich — ancient Latin empire
  • Macedonian: Римско царство (Rimsko carstvo) — ancient Latin empire
  • Macedonian: Римска империја (Rimska imperija) — ancient Latin empire
  • Malay: Empayar Rom — ancient Latin empire
  • Marathi: रोमन साम्राज्य (roman sāmrājya) — ancient Latin empire
  • Mongolian: Ромын эзэнт гүрэн (Romyn ezent güren) — ancient Latin empire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Romerriket — ancient Latin empire
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Romarriket — ancient Latin empire
  • Old English: Rōmāna rīċe — ancient Latin empire
  • Iranian Persian: اِمْپِراتوریِ روم (emperâturi-ye rum) — ancient Latin empire
  • Iranian Persian: اِمْپِراطوریِ روم (emperâturi-ye rum) — ancient Latin empire
  • Polish: Cesarstwo Rzymskie — ancient Latin empire
  • Polish: Imperium Rzymskie — ancient Latin empire
  • Portuguese: Império Romano — ancient Latin empire
  • Romanian: Imperiul Roman — ancient Latin empire
  • Russian: Ри́мская импе́рия (Rímskaja impérija) — ancient Latin empire
  • Sanskrit: रोमकविषय (romakaviṣaya) — ancient Latin empire
  • Serbo-Croatian: Римско царство — ancient Latin empire
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rimsko carstvo — ancient Latin empire
  • Slovak: Rímske cisárstvo — ancient Latin empire
  • Slovene: Rimski imperij — ancient Latin empire
  • Spanish: Imperio romano — ancient Latin empire
  • Swedish: Romerska riket — ancient Latin empire
  • Swedish: Romarriket — ancient Latin empire
  • Tagalog: Imperyong Romano — ancient Latin empire
  • Tamil: உரோமானிய பேரரசு (urōmāṉiya pēraracu) — ancient Latin empire
  • Tamil: உரோமப்பேரரசு (urōmappēraracu) — ancient Latin empire
  • Thai: จักรวรรดิโรมัน (jàk-grà-wàt roo-man) — ancient Latin empire
  • Turkish: Roma İmparatorluğu — ancient Latin empire
  • Turkmen: Rim imperiýasy — ancient Latin empire
  • Ukrainian: Ри́мська імпе́рія (Rýmsʹka impérija) — ancient Latin empire
  • Urdu: رومی سَلْطَنَت (romī saltanat) — ancient Latin empire
  • Vietnamese: Đế quốc La Mã — ancient Latin empire
  • Welsh: Yr Ymerodraeth Rufeinig — ancient Latin empire
  • Yiddish: רוימישע אימפּעריע (roymishe imperye) — ancient Latin empire