How long did the roman empires last?

Answer 1

Rome began as a kingdom around 800 BCE and was then a republic, before becoming an empire. The first Roman Emperor was Octavius, who took the imperial name Augustus. He became emperor in 31 BCE.

The Roman Empire split into a Western Roman Empire and an Eastern Roman Empire in 395 CE. The Western Empire ended in 476 CE. The Eastern Empire, or Byzantine Empire, ended in 1453.

Depending on how you define the Roman Empire:

• The united empire lasted 426 years
• The Western Empire lasted a further 81 years, for a total of 507 years
• The Eastern Empire lasted a further 1058 years after the split, for a total of 1484 years.

On a broader view, an empire should not defined by the title of its head of state or what the state is called: the Athenian Empire of the 5th Century BCE was run by a radical democracy led by magistrates. An empire is determined by having tributary states, so the early rulers of Rome being called king, and the next period being called a republic, and Augustus being called Imperator in the late 1st Century BCE is irrelevant.

Rome began being an empire when it established control of the Italian Peninsula and wrested control of the Western Mediterranean from Carthage in the 3rd Century BCE. The empire lasted continuously in some form until 1453 CE when the Turks captured Constantinople, providing a total duration of some 1700 years.

The Western Empire ceased to exist in 476 CE when the Goths took control, but the Empire continued on in the east, with its capital in Constantinople and was commonly known as the Roman Empire.

Answer 2

Rome began as a kingdom around 800 BCE and was then a republic, before becoming an empire. The first Roman Emperor was Octavius, who took the imperial name Augustus. He became emperor in 31 BCE.

The Roman Empire split into a Western Roman Empire and an Eastern Roman Empire in 395 CE. The Western Empire ended in 476 CE. The Eastern Empire, or Byzantine Empire, ended in 1453.

Depending on how you define the Roman Empire:

• The united empire lasted 426 years
• The Western Empire lasted a further 81 years, for a total of 507 years
• The Eastern Empire lasted a further 1058 years after the split, for a total of 1484 years.

On a broader view, an empire should not defined by the title of its head of state or what the state is called: the Athenian Empire of the 5th Century BCE was run by a radical democracy led by magistrates. An empire is determined by having tributary states, so the early rulers of Rome being called king, and the next period being called a republic, and Augustus being called Imperator in the late 1st Century BCE is irrelevant.

Rome began being an empire when it established control of the Italian Peninsula and wrested control of the Western Mediterranean from Carthage in the 3rd Century BCE. The empire lasted continuously in some form until 1453 CE when the Turks captured Constantinople, providing a total duration of some 1700 years.

The Western Empire ceased to exist in 476 CE when the Goths took control, but the Empire continued on in the east, with its capital in Constantinople and was commonly known as the Roman Empire.

Answer 3

500 to 1000 years.