We were in Tokyo over New Year this year and had a great time visiting temples and the sales with the locals. The temples had a great atmosphere with lots of people, great food stalls and general feeling of everyone being happy and enjoying themselves.
Best Answer: The Roman Empire existed for about 1,000 years from the time of the finding of Rome (c. 753B.C.) until the sack of Rome by the Huns around 450. During its time it ruled to from England to Egypt, from Germany to Tunis. The Holy Roman Empire was started by Charlemagne and was centered in France.
Both Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are historiographical terms created after the end of the realm; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire (Greek: Î²Î±ÏÎ¹Î»ÎµÎ¯Î± Ïá¿¶Î½ á¿¥ÏÎ¼Î±Î¯ÏÎ½, tr. Basileia tÃ´n RhÅmaiÅn; Latin: Imperium Romanum), or Romania (á¿¥ÏÎ¼Î±Î½Î¯Î±), and to themselves as Romans.