Description: A map of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, showing the extent of the Roman Empire around 50 BC. The map shows the Roman domains of southern and eastern Spain, Gaul, Dalmatia, Macedonia, Greece, Bithynia, Pergamum, Cilicia, Cyrenaica, Numidia, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica. The allied and ‘protected’ states include Pontus, Cappadocia, and the Ptolemaic Empire (Egypt and Palestine). The map also shows the territory of the Parthians. Important Roman cities and sites shown include Rome, Syracuse, Aquileia, Byzantium, Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Carthage, and Massilia. Lands not under Roman dominion are Arabia, Armenia, and the territories of the Germans and Alans. The map shows the battle site of Carrhae, and the Parthian cities of Ctesiphon and Seleucia.
Place Names: A Regional Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Africa, Asia, Europ
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries,
location,
oceans,
inlandWaters
Keywords: Roman Power at the Time of Augustus, physical,
political, physical features, major political subdivisions, boundaries,
location,
oceans,
inlandWaters, Unknown, 50 BC
Source: H. G. Wells, The Outline of History (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1921) 438
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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