Western Roman Empire

noun

1. the western portion of the Roman Empire after its division, a.d. 395, which became extinct a.d. 476.

Western Roman Empire

noun

1. the westernmost of the two empires created by the division of the later Roman Empire, esp after its final severance from the Eastern Roman Empire (395 ad ) Also calledWestern Empire

Example Sentences

From 600 CE, shortly after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, there was a major influx of individuals from Eastern Europe.

From Science Daily

Honorary consuls date back at least to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, when Greece, China, India and countries in the Middle East appointed volunteer foreign liaisons to expand commerce.

From Salon

Thomas Cahill, a multilingual scholar who wrote a surprise 1995 best seller demonstrating to the world how a small band of Irish monks collected and protected the jewels of Western civilization after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, died on Oct.

From New York Times

“We call Spanish a romance language, Kojo, because it, like Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian, originated from Latin, the language spoken in the western Roman Empire.”

From Literature

In his latest book, “Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages,” Jones recounts the key events and personalities that defined the millennium extending from the fall of the western Roman Empire to the dawn of the modern era.

From New York Times