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Map 450 A.D. - Attila and the Roman Empire228 viewsEmpire of Attila and the Roman Empire around 450 AD. Settlement area of Germanic tribes within the Imperium Roman are marked, controlled areas are in color.Jan 06, 2019

Map 300 A.D. - The Tetrarchy112 viewsMap of the Roman Empire under the tetrarchy, showing the dioceses and the four tetrarchs' zones of influence post 299 after Diocletian and Galerius had exchanged their allocated provinces.Dec 21, 2018

Roman Empire 117 AD - Senatorial Provinces, Imperial Provinces and Client States282 viewsRoman Empire 117 AD - Senatorial Provinces, Imperial Provinces and Client States. Mar 17, 2018

The Late Roman fortifications of the �Saxon Shore� (litus Saxonicum) in Britain and northern France.234 viewsThe Late Roman fortifications of the �Saxon Shore� (litus Saxonicum) in Britain and northern France.

The Saxon Shore (Latin: litus Saxonicum) was a military command of the late Roman Empire, consisting of a series of fortifications on both sides of the English Channel. It was established in the late 3rd century and was led by the "Count of the Saxon Shore". In the late 4th century, his functions were limited to Britain, while the fortifications in Gaul were established as separate commands. Several Saxon Shore forts survive in east and south-east England.Jan 20, 2018

The Roman world in 50 BC after Caesar's conquest of Gallia285 viewsThe Roman world in 50 BC after Caesar's conquest of Gallia. (Note: Map doesn't show subordinate Roman client kingdoms in Anatolia and the Levant.)Nov 18, 2017

Map - AD 50 Roman East261 viewsCommagene (highlighted), Sophene, Osrhoene, Armenia, and parts of the Parthian and Roman Empires, as they would have been in 50 CE.Nov 01, 2017

Map - 40 B.C. During the Peace of the Second Triumvirate of Marcus Antonius, Octavian and Lepidus723 viewsMap - 40 B.C. During the Peace of the Second Triumvirate of Marcus Antonius, Octavian and LepidusMar 23, 2016

Map - The Spread of Christianity 300 - 800 A.D.530 viewsMap - The Spread of Christianity 300 - 800 A.D.Sep 17, 2015

Map - Roman Control: Italy, 1st Century B.C.847 viewsMap - Roman Control: Italy, 1st Century B.C.Aug 03, 2015

Map - Roman Expansion: Mediterranean Basin 2nd Century B.C.785 viewsMap - Roman Expansion: Mediterranean Basin 2nd Century B.C.Aug 03, 2015

Map - Battle of Plataea, Boeotia, Summer of 479 B.C.558 viewsMap - Battle of Plataea, Boiotia, Summer of 479 B.C.Aug 03, 2015

Map - Battle of Issus - Approach603 viewsAug 03, 2015

Map - Battle of Granicus, 334 B.C.511 viewsAug 03, 2015

Map - Roman Expansion 326 B.C.769 viewsMap - Roman Expansion 326 B.C.Aug 03, 2015

Map of Ancient Rome 271 AD1055 viewsMap of the Roman Empire around the year of the consulship of Aurelianus and Bassus (271 AD), with the break away Gallic Empire in the West and the Palmyrene Empire in the East.Feb 02, 2015

Map - AD 117 Roman Empire1126 viewsAD 117 Roman EmpireOct 20, 2014

Map - 100 BC The Growth of Roman Power in Italy419 viewsMap of the Roman confederation in 100 BC, on the eve of the Social War. Note the patchwork political configuration. The Roman possessions (in grey-blue) straddle the strategic centre of the Italian peninsula and the Tyrrhenian coastal plain. Latin colonies (dark red) are scattered in strategic locations. Other socii (pink) are concentrated in the mountainous interior.Oct 08, 2014

Map - Map of the Roman Empire with main harbors and fleets from Augustus to Septimius Severus781 viewsMay 30, 2014

Map - 89 BC Eastern Mediterranean1347 viewsA map of the Middle East, Greece and Asia Minor, showing the states at the breakout of the first Mithridatic War, 89 B.C.Feb 08, 2014

Map - AD 69 The Roman Civil War1545 viewsMap of the Roman Empire during 69 AD, the Year of the Four Emperors. Colored areas indicate provinces loyal to one of four warring generals.Jan 18, 2014

Map - The Growth of Roman Power in Asia Minor880 viewsJan 17, 2014

Map - AD 395 Roman Empire472 viewsJan 16, 2014

Map - AD 300 - 476 Major Mint Cities of the Roman Empire560 viewsIn addition to the above locations, several other cities hosted mint operations during brief periods. Sometimes an emperor on a war campaign chose to bring along these facilities to ensure a close eye on the soldiers‟ payroll. A partial list of minor mints includes:

Ambianum � Amiens, France
Barcino � Barcelona, Spain
Carnuntum � near Vienna, Austria
Colonia Agrippinensis � Cologne, Germany
Laodiceia ad Mare � Laodikeia, Syria
Ostia � near Rome, Italy
Palmyra � near Tadmur, Syria
Narbo Martius � Narbonne, France
Tarraco � Tarragona, Spain
Tripolis � Tripolis, Turkey
Viminacium � Kostolac, Yugoslavia
Jan 14, 2014

Map - AD 395 Roman Empire597 viewsJan 06, 2014

Map - The Wars with Mithridates426 viewsJan 05, 2014

Map - The Punic Wars450 viewsJan 05, 2014

Map - AD 318-379 Roman Praetorian Prefecture of Illyricum 433 viewsDec 17, 2013

Map - Map of Rome during Antiquity502 viewsDec 14, 2013

Map - The Battle of Cannae 215 BC614 viewsThe Romans, hoping to gain success through sheer strength and weight of numbers, raised a new army of unprecedented size, estimated by some to be as large as 100,000 men, but more likely around 50-80,000. Resolved to confront Hannibal, they marched southward to Apulia. They eventually found Hannibal on the left bank of the Aufidus River, and encamped six miles (10 km) away. On this occasion, the two armies were combined into one, the consuls having to alternate their command on a daily basis. Varro, who was in command on the first day, was a man of reckless and hubristic nature, and was determined to defeat Hannibal. Hannibal capitalized on the eagerness of Varro and drew him into a trap by using an envelopment tactic, which eliminated the Roman numerical advantage by shrinking the combat area. Hannibal drew up his least reliable infantry in a semicircle in the center with the wings composed of the Gallic and Numidian horse. The Roman legions forced their way through Hannibal's weak center, but the Libyan mercenaries on the wings, swung around by the movement, menaced their flanks. The onslaught of Hannibal's cavalry was irresistible, and Maharbal, Hannibal's chief cavalry commander, who led the mobile Numidian cavalry on the right, shattered the Roman cavalry opposing them. Hannibal's Iberian and Gallic heavy cavalry, led by Hanno on the left, defeated the Roman heavy cavalry, and then both the Carthaginian heavy cavalry and the Numidians attacked the legions from behind. As a result, the Roman army was hemmed in with no means of escape. Due to these brilliant tactics, Hannibal, with much inferior numbers, managed to surround and destroy all but a small remnant of his enemy. Depending upon the source, it is estimated that 50,000-70,000 Romans were killed or captured. Among the dead were the Roman Consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus, as well as two consuls for the preceding year, two quaestors, twenty-nine out of the forty-eight military tribunes and an additional eighty senators (at a time when the Roman Senate comprised no more than 300 men, this constituted 25%�30% of the governing body). This makes the battle one of the most catastrophic defeats in the history of Ancient Rome, and one of the bloodiest battles in all of human history (in terms of the number of lives lost within a single day). After Cannae, the Romans were very hesitant to confront Hannibal in pitched battle, preferring instead to weaken him by attrition, relying on their advantages of interior lines, supply, and manpower. As a result, Hannibal fought no more major battles in Italy for the rest of the war. Dec 11, 2013

Map - 217 BC Battle of Lake Trasimene674 viewsArriving in Etruria in the spring of 217 BC, Hannibal decided to lure the main Roman army under Flaminius, into a pitched battle, by devastating the region Flaminius had been sent to protect. As Polybius recounts, "he [Hannibal] calculated that, if he passed the camp and made a descent into the district beyond, Flaminius (partly for fear of popular reproach and partly of personal irritation) would be unable to endure watching passively the devastation of the country but would spontaneously follow him . . . and give him opportunities for attack." At the same time, Hannibal tried to break the allegiance of Rome�s allies by proving that Flaminius was powerless to protect them. Despite this, Flaminius remained passively encamped at Arretium. Unable to draw Flaminius into battle by mere devastation, Hannibal marched boldly around his opponent�s left flank and effectively cut Flaminius off from Rome (thus executing the first recorded turning movement in military history). Advancing through the uplands of Etruria, Hannibal provoked Flaminius into a hasty pursuit and, catching him in a defile on the shore of Lake Trasimenus, destroyed his army in the waters or on the adjoining slopes, killing Flaminius as well (see Battle of Lake Trasimene). This was the most costly ambush the Romans would ever sustain until the Battle of Carrhae against the Parthians. He had now disposed of the only field force that could check his advance upon Rome, but, realizing that without siege engines, he could not hope to take the capital, he preferred to exploit his victory by entering into central and southern Italy and encouraging a general revolt against the sovereign power. Dec 11, 2013

Map - 218 BC The Battle of Trebia 657 viewsHannibal demonstrated his masterful military skill at Trebia; where after wearing down the superior Roman infantry he then cut it to pieces with a surprise attack and ambush from the flanks.Dec 11, 2013

Map - Hannibal's route of invasion502 viewsThe Second Punic War, 218 - 201 B.C., is most remembered for Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, followed by his crushing victories over Rome in the battle of the Trebia, at Trasimene, and again at Cannae. After these defeats, many Roman allies joined Carthage, prolonging the war in Italy for over a decade. Against Hannibal's skill on the battlefield, the Romans deployed the Fabian strategy. More capable in siegecraft, the Romans recaptured all the major cities that had defected. The Romans defeated an attempt to reinforce Hannibal at the battle of the Metaurus and Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major took New Carthage and ended Carthaginian rule over Iberia in the Battle of Ilipa. The final showdown was the Battle of Zama in Africa where Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal, resulting in the imposition of harsh peace conditions on Carthage, which ceased to be a major power and became a Roman client-state.Dec 11, 2013

Map - Rome and Carthage at the start of the Second Punic War 218 BC 457 viewsThe Second Punic War, 218 - 201 B.C., is most remembered for Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, followed by his crushing victories over Rome in the battle of the Trebia, at Trasimene, and again at Cannae. After these defeats, many Roman allies joined Carthage, prolonging the war in Italy for over a decade. Against Hannibal's skill on the battlefield, the Romans deployed the Fabian strategy. More capable in siegecraft, the Romans recaptured all the major cities that had defected. The Romans defeated an attempt to reinforce Hannibal at the battle of the Metaurus and, in Iberia, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major took New Carthage and ended Carthaginian rule over Iberia in the Battle of Ilipa. The final showdown was the Battle of Zama in Africa where Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal, resulting in the imposition of harsh peace conditions on Carthage, which ceased to be a major power and became a Roman client-state. Dec 11, 2013

Map - AD 383�410, End of Roman Rule in Britain629 viewsNov 16, 2013

Map - Hadrian's Wall407 viewsNov 16, 2013

Map - Caesar's Gaul before 58 B.C. (Italian)636 viewsThe Roman world in 58 BC, before Gallia's conquest by Caesar. (Note: Map doesn't show subordinate Roman client kingdoms in Anatolia and the Levant.)Nov 16, 2013

Map - 264 BC First Punic War499 viewsNov 01, 2013

Map - Animated gif Showing Expansion and Contraction of Roman Empire494 viewsTo view the animation click on the image. It will open in a new window, and the animation will start.Sep 27, 2013