Roman Empire

Primary culture

Roman (Lost Cultures)

Capital province

Rome (118)

Government

Feudal Nobility

State religion

Catholic

Technology group

Western

Roman ideas

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Traditions:

+5% Discipline

+1 Yearly legitimacy

+1 Yearly devotion

+0.3 Yearly republican tradition

Pax Romana

−2 National unrest

Legacy of Rome

+2 Diplomatic reputation

S.P.Q.R.

−20% Stability cost modifier

The Roman Legions

+15% Land force limit modifier

+10% Infantry combat ability

Roman Architecture

+20% Production efficiency

Imperial Bureaucracy

+10% National tax modifier

+5% Administrative efficiency

Imperium Sine Fine

−25% Core-creation cost

−5 Years of separatism

Ambition:

+33% National manpower modifier

Historically, the Roman Empire was the dominant great power in Europe in the first few centuries AD and the first major empire of its kind and left behind a legacy that would form the very foundation for European civilisation of subsequent ages. While the Western Roman Empire ceased to exist long before the era covered by Europa Universalis IV, the Eastern Roman Empire continued to survive as Byzantium. Any Christian or Pagan nation other than the Holy Roman Empire or the Papal States can restore the Roman Empire by decision after re-conquering most of the historical Empire. The other way to play the Roman Empire is to restore the Roman Empire as Byzantium in Crusader Kings II and converting the save to EU4 using the Europa Universalis 4 Save Converter.

Ironically the Roman Empire can reform into the Holy Roman Empire by becoming emperor of the HRE and revoking the privilegia and centralising the Empire.

Additionally, the Roman Empire has a very special effect upon formation, as it will convert all provinces of the nation's primary culture group to Roman Culture and set that as the primary culture. This is unique because this is the only way to rediscover a lost culture aside from custom nations and console commands.

If the Roman Empire gains a parliament through any reform that grants one (such as Parliamentarism for example), it will be named the Senate, as a reference to the Roman Senate which existed throughout the Republican and Imperial periods of Rome.

Formation[edit | edit source]

id

Restore the Roman Empire

Not since the Romans in the second century has one empire commanded the entirety of the Mediterranean and beyond. If we claim this land, we can scoff at whatever pretenders may claim in Constantinople or the Holy Roman Empire and proclaim ourselves the true successors of Rome.

Potential requirements

The Roman Empire does not exist.
The country:

is not the Papal State or the Holy Roman Empire.
has not enacted this decision before.
owns Roma.
is Christian or Pagan.

If the country is AI-controlled, it:

is not a custom nation.

Playing with normal or historical nations.

Allow

The country:

is not a subject nation other than a tributary state.
is not at war.
is not a nomad nation.
owns all provinces of the regions of:
- Italy
- France
- Iberia
- Balkans
- Anatolia
- Mashriq.
owns the provinces of:
- Fez
- Tunis
- Cairo
- London
- York
- Zeeland
- Wien.
Roma is part of a state

Needed provinces to form the Roman Empire

Effects

The country:

becomes the Roman Empire.
gains 50 prestige.
gets the event ‘New Traditions & Ambitions’, unless it has custom ideas.
increases rank to empire.
changes its primary culture to Roman.
has all owned provinces of its Culture Group changing to Roman culture.
removes all owned provinces from the Holy Roman Empire.
gets “Increased Centralization” for 20 years, giving:
- −0.05 monthly autonomy change,
- +1 national unrest.

If Roma (118) is part of the HRE, but its owner is not a member then:

the province is removed from the HRE.
the Holy Roman Emperor:
- gets the opinion modifier “Removed provinces from the Empire” towards the owner, worth −50 opinion with a yearly decay of 1.
- loses 1 imperial authority.