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The Mediterranean in AD 1

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

Map of the Mediterranean in AD 1 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 the Mediterranean in AD 1

Largest first, by area on this map.

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

New on the map since 99 BC

Roman 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 101

Mauretania · Thracian Kingdom · Kingdom of Cappadocia · Kingdom of Pontus · Judea · Greek City-States · Kingdom of Commagene

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in AD 1

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.