Mesopotamia: Roman province map

A Roman province that fell in the Eastern half after the split of AD 395.

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AD 211about 4,812,484 km²Septimius Severus dies; his sons Caracalla and Geta succeed

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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

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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.

Mesopotamia at a glance

Nisibiscapital
AD 198first Roman
58,096 km²area on the AD 200 map

Mesopotamia was Roman from AD 198, with its capital at Nisibis. On the AD 200 map it covers about 58,096 km², spread across Iraq (40%), Turkey (35%) and Syria (25%) today. It is inside the empire on the map at AD 211, AD 395, AD 476 and AD 565.

Dates: Wikipedia: Mesopotamia (Roman province); Jovian. The outline is the Ancient World Mapping Center province map of AD 200, so earlier and later shapes of the province may have differed.

Which modern countries does Mesopotamia cover?

Country	Share of the province	Area (km²)
Roman Iraq	40%	23,130
Roman Turkey	35%	20,506
Roman Syria	25%	14,460

Mesopotamia on the key dates

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