Roman Empire Map

Roman Croatia Map

Which parts of Croatia were inside the Roman Empire, and when. Use the slider to step through the key dates.

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AD 117about 4,880,924 km²The empire at its greatest extent, after Trajan's eastern conquests; Trajan dies and Hadrian succeeds. Ruler: Trajan, then Hadrian.
Key

Territory

  • Roman Empire Territory at the chosen date
  • Eastern empire From AD 395, the part later called Byzantine
  • Western empire AD 395 and, as reconquests, AD 565

Layers

  • Province border Where provinces are shown, AD 200 outlines
  • Roman city Pleiades places attested in the period
  • Main Roman road Itiner-e, about AD 150 (not tied to the date)
  • Modern country border Today’s borders, for comparison

Borders are approximate and debated. Frontier zones were not hard lines, and client kingdoms are not counted unless the source map includes them. Outlines for 133 BC, 44 BC, AD 14 and the later dates are rebuilt from the province outlines of AD 200, so early frontiers look more settled than they were. 264 BC and the Byzantine dates follow modern regional boundaries and are coarser still. 753 BC is a symbolic dot on Rome.

Roman Croatia at a glance

Croatia was at least partly inside the Roman Empire at 8 of the 13 key dates on this map, between 133 BC and AD 1180. The most of it inside was 96% of Croatia (53,048 km² of 55,023 km²), at AD 117. Today's Croatia overlaps 3 Roman provinces or province groups on the AD 200 map.

The map above opens on AD 117, when the most of Croatia was inside.

  • 133 BCfirst key date inside
  • AD 1180last key date inside
  • 96%most inside, at AD 117
  • 61Roman-period settlements in Pleiades

Roman provinces in Croatia

Today's Croatia overlaps 3 Roman provinces on the AD 200 map:

Croatia inside the empire, date by date

DateShare of Croatia insideArea inside (km²)
753 BCoutside0
264 BCoutside0
133 BC28%15,682
44 BC28%15,682
AD 1496%53,048
AD 11796%53,048
AD 21196%53,048
AD 39596%53,048
AD 476outside0
AD 56534%18,806
AD 1000outside0
AD 118029%15,824
AD 1453outside0

A country counts as inside only above 1% of its area or 500 km², because the ancient and modern coastlines do not match exactly. Borders are approximate and debated.

Roman cities in Croatia

Pleiades lists 61 Roman-period settlements in Croatia. The best attested include:

Names and attestation from Pleiades (CC BY 3.0).

See the Roman roads of Croatia on romanroadsmap.com →

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