Africa in AD 476
AD 476 is the year the last Western Roman emperor was deposed. This map shows the 11 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in AD 476
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Sasanian Empire
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Lakhmid Kingdom
- Vandal Kingdom
- Nobatia
- Alodia
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Kingdom of Axum
- Makuria
- Kingdom of Armenia
New on the map since AD 376
Eastern Roman Empire · Vandal Kingdom · Visigothic Kingdom · Kingdom of Armenia
Gone from the map by AD 576
Vandal Kingdom · Kingdom of Armenia
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Africa in other years
Other regions in AD 476
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.