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.
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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.