Roman Empire Map

Roman Germany Map

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

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AD 14about 3,665,334 km²Augustus dies; Tiberius succeeds
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 Germany at a glance

Germany was at least partly inside the Roman Empire at 5 of the 13 key dates on this map, between 44 BC and AD 395. The most of it inside was 29% of Germany (104,337 km² of 357,674 km²), at AD 14. Today's Germany overlaps 5 Roman provinces or province groups on the AD 200 map.

The map above opens on AD 14, when the most of Germany was inside.

  • 44 BCfirst key date inside
  • AD 395last key date inside
  • 29%most inside, at AD 14
  • 165Roman-period settlements in Pleiades

Roman provinces in Germany

Today's Germany overlaps 5 Roman provinces on the AD 200 map:

Germany inside the empire, date by date

DateShare of Germany insideArea inside (km²)
753 BCoutside0
264 BCoutside0
133 BCoutside0
44 BC17%60,277
AD 1429%104,337
AD 11729%104,336
AD 21129%104,336
AD 39529%104,337
AD 476outside0
AD 565outside0
AD 1000outside0
AD 1180outside0
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 Germany

Pleiades lists 165 Roman-period settlements in Germany. The best attested include:

Names and attestation from Pleiades (CC BY 3.0).

See the Roman roads of Germany on romanroadsmap.com →

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