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The Mediterranean in AD 300

This map shows the 11 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in AD 300 with 11 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 300

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Roman Empire
  • Gothia
  • Lakhmid Kingdom
  • Sasanian Empire
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Cimmerian Bosporus
  • Caucasian Iberia
  • Lazica
  • Kingdom of Adiabene
  • Caucasian Albania
  • Ripuarian Franks

New on the map since AD 200

Gothia · Lakhmid Kingdom · Sasanian Empire · Ripuarian Franks

Gone from the map by AD 400

Roman Empire · Gothia · Kingdom of Armenia · Cimmerian Bosporus · Kingdom of Adiabene

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in AD 300

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.