Western Roman Empire

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Western Roman Empire

The Western Roman Empire (== Template:IPA ==

The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.

Etymology

The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.

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  • Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
  • Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
  • Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
  • Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.

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Languages: - East Asian 中文, 日本, 한국어, South Asian हिन्दी, Urdu, বাংলা, తెలుగు, தமிழ், ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, မြန်မာဘာသာ, European español, Deutsch, français, русский, português do Brasil, Italian, polski) is the term used to describe the western provinces of the Roman Empire after the political division in 395 AD. The term is used to differentiate it from the Eastern Roman Empire, which survived for another thousand years. The Western Roman Empire's capital was Rome until 402 AD, and then it was moved to Ravenna.

Etymology

The term "Western Roman Empire" is a modern designation to differentiate the western part of the Roman Empire from the eastern section, which became the Byzantine Empire. The Romans themselves did not use this term. They referred to their empire simply as the "Roman Empire" (Latin: Imperium Romanum), or occasionally, the "Empire of the Romans" (Latin: Imperium Romanorum).

History

The Western Roman Empire was established as a political entity in 395 AD when the Roman Empire was permanently divided into the Eastern and Western Roman Empires. This division was a result of the increasing pressure on the empire's frontiers, the rise of powerful enemies, and the inability of the empire's central government to manage its vast territory.

The Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 AD, marking the end of ancient Rome and the beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe. The fall of the Western Roman Empire is traditionally dated to 4 September 476 when Odoacer, the Germanic king of the Torcilingi, deposed Romulus Augustulus, the last Roman emperor in the west.

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