Roman Empire Map

Roman Switzerland Map

Which parts of Switzerland 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 Switzerland at a glance

Switzerland was at least partly inside the Roman Empire at 6 of the 13 key dates on this map, between 44 BC and AD 565. At AD 14 the whole of Switzerland (41,435 km²) lay inside the outline. Today's Switzerland overlaps 4 Roman provinces or province groups on the AD 200 map.

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

  • 44 BCfirst key date inside
  • AD 565last key date inside
  • 100%most inside, at AD 14
  • 39Roman-period settlements in Pleiades

Roman provinces in Switzerland

Today's Switzerland overlaps 4 Roman provinces on the AD 200 map:

Switzerland inside the empire, date by date

DateShare of Switzerland insideArea inside (km²)
753 BCoutside0
264 BCoutside0
133 BCoutside0
44 BC51%21,120
AD 14100%41,435
AD 117100%41,435
AD 211100%41,435
AD 395100%41,435
AD 476outside0
AD 56517%7,141
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 Switzerland

Pleiades lists 39 Roman-period settlements in Switzerland. The best attested include:

Names and attestation from Pleiades (CC BY 3.0).

See the Roman roads of Switzerland on romanroadsmap.com →

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