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Africa in 44 BC

44 BC is the year Julius Caesar was killed. This map shows the 18 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.

Map of Africa in 44 BC with 18 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Africa in 44 BC

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Parthian Empire
  • Roman Republic
  • Ptolemaic Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Kush
  • Himyarite Kingdom
  • Mauretania
  • Nabataeans
  • Kingdom of Axum
  • Hadhramaut
  • Kingdom of Osroene
  • Judea
  • Kingdom of Cappadocia
  • Galatia
  • Kingdom of Gordyene
  • Kingdom of Adiabene
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Kingdom of Sophene
  • Kingdom of Commagene

New on the map since 144 BC

Himyarite Kingdom · Kingdom of Axum · Kingdom of Osroene · Galatia · Kingdom of Gordyene · Kingdom of Adiabene · Kingdom of Sophene · Kingdom of Commagene

Gone from the map by AD 56

Roman Republic · Ptolemaic Kingdom · Mauretania · Judea · Kingdom of Cappadocia · Galatia

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Africa in other years

Other regions in 44 BC

The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.