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The Mediterranean in AD 476

AD 476 is the year the last Western Roman emperor was deposed. This map shows the 20 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in AD 476 with 20 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 476

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Eastern Roman Empire
  • Visigothic Kingdom
  • Vandal Kingdom
  • Sasanian Empire
  • Kingdom of Soissons
  • Lakhmid Kingdom
  • Ostrogoths
  • Burgundian Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Alamannia
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Kingdom of the Suebi
  • Caucasian Iberia
  • Lazica
  • Brythons
  • Rugiland
  • Kingdom of the Franks
  • Kingdom of Thuringia
  • Ripuarian Franks
  • Caucasian Albania
  • Hunnic Empire

New on the map since AD 376

Eastern Roman Empire · Visigothic Kingdom · Vandal Kingdom · Kingdom of Soissons · Ostrogoths · Burgundian Kingdom · Kingdom of Alamannia · Kingdom of Armenia · Kingdom of the Suebi · Brythons · Rugiland · Kingdom of the Franks · Kingdom of Thuringia · Hunnic Empire

Gone from the map by AD 576

Vandal Kingdom · Kingdom of Soissons · Ostrogoths · Burgundian Kingdom · Kingdom of Alamannia · Kingdom of Armenia · Caucasian Iberia · Lazica · Rugiland · Kingdom of Thuringia · Ripuarian Franks · Caucasian Albania

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in AD 476

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.