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The Palmyrene Empire ( ___MASK43___  273 ), a splinter state centered at Palmyra , broke away from the Roman Empire during the crisis of the third century . It encompassed the Roman provinces of Syria Palaestina , Arabia Petraea , Egypt and large parts of Asia Minor . Ceuta ( assimilated pronunciation , also Arabic :  , " Sabtah ") is an Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa , sharing a western border with Morocco . Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar , Ceuta lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean . Ceuta , along with the Spanish exclave Melilla , is one of nine populated Spanish territories in Africa and one of two populated territories on mainland Africa . It was part of Cádiz province until ___MASK49___ March ___MASK7___ when the city ' s Statute of Autonomy was passed . The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period ( starting in ___MASK38___ BC ). The emperors used a variety of different titles throughout history . Often when a given Roman is described as becoming " emperor " in English , it reflects his taking of the title " Augustus " or " Caesar ". Another title often used was " imperator ", originally a military honorific . Early Emperors also used the title " princeps " ( first citizen ). Emperors frequently amassed republican titles , notably " Princeps Senatus ", " Consul " and " Pontifex Maximus ". Saint Honestus ( Spanish : San Honesto , French : Saint Honest ) was , according to Christian tradition , a disciple of Saturninus of Toulouse and a native of Nîmes . Saturninus and Honestus evangelized in Spain , and Honestus was martyred at Pampeluna during the persecutions of Aurelian . Elaboration of this legend states that Honestus was a nobleman of Nîmes who was appointed `` apostle to Navarre and the Basque Country . '' Further elaboration of his legend states that at Pampeluna , he converted the senator Firmus and his family to Christianity , while Firmus '' son , Saint Firminus , was christened by Saint Saturninus . Variants of this legend state that Honestus baptized Firminus himself . The Aurelian Walls are a line of city walls built between ___MASK57___ AD and ___MASK86___ AD in Rome , Italy , during the reign of the Roman Emperors Aurelian and Probus . They superseded the earlier Servian Wall built during the 4th century BC . Africa is the world ' s second - largest and second - most - populous continent . At about ___MASK34___ . 3 million km² ( 11 . ___MASK85___ million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers ___MASK25___ % of Earth ' s total surface area and 20 . 4 % of its total land area . With 1 . 1 billion people as of 2013 , it accounts for about 15 % of the world ' s human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast , the Indian Ocean to the southeast , and the Atlantic Ocean to the west . The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states ( countries ), nine territories and two " de facto " independent states with limited or no recognition . Biblical Hebrew (" Ivrit Miqra ' it " or " Leshon ha - Miqra "), also called Classical Hebrew , is an archaic form of Hebrew , a Canaanite Semitic language spoken by the Israelites in the area known as Israel , roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean Sea . The term " Hebrew " was not used for the language in the Bible , which was referred to as Canaanite or Judahite , but the name was used in Greek and Mishnaic Hebrew texts . Biblical Hebrew is attested from about the 10th century BCE , and persisted through and beyond the Second Temple period , which ended in the siege of Jerusalem ( AD ___MASK62___ ). A Christian ( or ) is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity , an Abrahamic , monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ . " Christian " derives from the Koine Greek word " Christós " (  ), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term " mashiach ". The Gallic Empire is the modern name for a breakaway part of the Roman Empire that functioned " de facto " as a separate state from ___MASK58___ to ___MASK50___ . It originated during the Crisis of the Third Century . Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ , who serves as the focal point for the religion . It is the world ' s largest religion , with over ___MASK94___ . ___MASK72___ billion followers , or 33 % of the global population , known as Christians . Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah ( the Christ ) was prophesied in the Old Testament . Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( Basque : " Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea " ; Spanish : " Comunidad Foral de Navarra " ; French : " Communauté agréés de Navarre " ), is an autonomous community and province in northern Spain , bordering the Basque Autonomous Community , La Rioja , and Aragon in Spain and Nouvelle - Aquitaine in France . The capital city is Pamplona ( or " Iruñea " in Basque ). The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately ___MASK98___ percent of the Earth ' s surface and about ___MASK84___ percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". Aurelian ( ___MASK60___ September 214 or 215  September or October ___MASK86___ ) was Roman Emperor from ___MASK43___ to ___MASK86___ . Born in humble circumstances , he rose through the military ranks to become emperor . During his reign , he defeated the Alamanni after a devastating war . He also defeated the Goths , Vandals , Juthungi , Sarmatians , and Carpi . Aurelian restored the Empire ' s eastern provinces after his conquest of the Palmyrene Empire in 273 . The following year he conquered the Gallic Empire in the west , reuniting the Empire in its entirety . He was also responsible for the construction of the Aurelian Walls in Rome , and the abandonment of the province of Dacia . Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra , is a sovereign landlocked microstate in Southwestern Europe , located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France . Created under a charter in ___MASK28___ , the present principality was formed in ___MASK37___ . It is known as a principality as it is a monarchy headed by two Co - Princes the Roman Catholic Bishop of Urgell in Spain , and the President of France . Melilla ( " Maliliyyah ") is a Spanish autonomous city located on the north coast of Africa , sharing a border with Morocco with an area of . Melilla , along with Ceuta , is one of two permanently inhabited Spanish cities in mainland Africa . It was part of Málaga province until ___MASK49___ March ___MASK7___ when the city ' s Statute of Autonomy was passed . Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula . It has an area of and shares its northern border with Spain . The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region . At its foot is a densely populated city area , home to over ___MASK34___ , 000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities . France , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . France spans and had a total population of almost ___MASK88___ million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . Rome is a city and special " comune " ( named " Roma Capitale ") in Italy . Rome is the capital of Italy and of the Lazio region . With ___MASK94___ , ___MASK11___ , ___MASK15___ residents in , it is also the country ' s largest and most populated " comune " and fourth - most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits . The Metropolitan City of Rome has a population of 4 . 3 million residents . The city is located in the central - western portion of the Italian Peninsula , within Lazio ( Latium ), along the shores of Tiber river . The Vatican City is an independent country geographically located within the city boundaries of Rome , the only existing example of a country within a city : for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states . Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a sovereign state largely located on the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe , with two large archipelagos , the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands off the North African Atlantic coast , two cities Ceuta and Melilla in the North African mainland and several small islands in the Alboran Sea near the Moroccan coast . Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar ; to the north and northeast by France , Andorra , and the Bay of Biscay ; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean . It is the only European country to have a border with an African country ( Morocco ) and its African territory accounts for nearly 5 % of its population , mostly in the Canary Islands but also in Ceuta and Melilla .