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Europe in 218 BC

218 BC is the year Hannibal crossed the Alps. This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.

Map of Europe in 218 BC with 17 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 Europe in 218 BC

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Seleucid Empire
  • Carthage
  • Roman Republic
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Greek City-States
  • Antigonid Macedonia
  • Kingdom of Pontus
  • Kingdom of Cappadocia
  • Galatia
  • Ptolemaic Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Pergamon
  • Cimmerian Bosporus
  • Kingdom of Bithynia
  • Paphlagonia
  • Kingdom of Sophene
  • Achaean League
  • Aetolian League

New on the map since 318 BC

Seleucid Empire · Antigonid Macedonia · Kingdom of Pontus · Kingdom of Cappadocia · Galatia · Ptolemaic Kingdom · Kingdom of Pergamon · Paphlagonia · Kingdom of Sophene · Achaean League · Aetolian League

Gone from the map by 118 BC

Carthage · Antigonid Macedonia · Galatia · Kingdom of Pergamon · Paphlagonia · Achaean League · Aetolian League

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Other regions in 218 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.