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Europe in 44 BC

44 BC is the year Julius Caesar was killed. This map shows the 19 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.

Map of Europe in 44 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 44 BC

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Roman Republic
  • Mauretania
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Parthian Empire
  • Thracian Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Cappadocia
  • Galatia
  • Kingdom of Pontus
  • Kingdom of Osroene
  • Caucasian Iberia
  • Lazica
  • Cimmerian Bosporus
  • Greek City-States
  • Kingdom of Sophene
  • Kingdom of Gordyene
  • Kingdom of Adiabene
  • Kingdom of Commagene
  • Ptolemaic Kingdom
  • Caucasian Albania

New on the map since 144 BC

Parthian Empire · Thracian Kingdom · Kingdom of Osroene · Caucasian Iberia · Lazica · Kingdom of Gordyene · Kingdom of Adiabene · Kingdom of Commagene · Caucasian Albania

Gone from the map by AD 56

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

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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.