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Europe in 250 BC

This map shows the 19 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.

Map of Europe in 250 BC with 19 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 250 BC

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Seleucid Empire
  • Scythia
  • Carthage
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Roman Republic
  • Antigonid Macedonia
  • Kingdom of Pontus
  • Greek Colonies
  • Ptolemaic Kingdom
  • Galatia
  • Colchis
  • Illyrian Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Bithynia
  • Paphlagonia
  • Kingdom of Sophene
  • Cimmerian Bosporus
  • Kingdom of Pergamon
  • Aetolian League
  • Achaean League

New on the map since 350 BC

Seleucid Empire · Kingdom of Armenia · Antigonid Macedonia · Kingdom of Pontus · Greek Colonies · Ptolemaic Kingdom · Galatia · Colchis · Illyrian Kingdom · Kingdom of Bithynia · Paphlagonia · Kingdom of Sophene · Kingdom of Pergamon · Aetolian League · Achaean League

Gone from the map by 150 BC

Scythia · Antigonid Macedonia · Greek Colonies · Colchis · Illyrian Kingdom · Aetolian League

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Other regions in 250 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.