Roman Empire Map

Roman Cyprus Map

Which parts of Cyprus were inside the Roman Empire, and when. Use the slider to step through the key dates.

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44 BCabout 1,972,439 km²Julius Caesar is assassinated; Gaul has been conquered
Key

Territory

  • Roman Empire Territory at the chosen date
  • Eastern empire From AD 395, the part later called Byzantine
  • Western empire AD 395 and, as reconquests, AD 565

Layers

  • Province border Where provinces are shown, AD 200 outlines
  • Roman city Pleiades places attested in the period
  • Main Roman road Itiner-e, about AD 150 (not tied to the date)
  • Modern country border Today’s borders, for comparison

Borders are approximate and debated. Frontier zones were not hard lines, and client kingdoms are not counted unless the source map includes them. Outlines for 133 BC, 44 BC, AD 14 and the later dates are rebuilt from the province outlines of AD 200, so early frontiers look more settled than they were. 264 BC and the Byzantine dates follow modern regional boundaries and are coarser still. 753 BC is a symbolic dot on Rome.

Roman Cyprus at a glance

Cyprus was at least partly inside the Roman Empire at 9 of the 13 key dates on this map, between 44 BC and AD 1180. The most of it inside was 97% of Cyprus (9,027 km² of 9,282 km²), at 44 BC. Today's Cyprus overlaps 1 Roman province or province group on the AD 200 map.

The map above opens on 44 BC, when the most of Cyprus was inside.

  • 44 BCfirst key date inside
  • AD 1180last key date inside
  • 97%most inside, at 44 BC
  • 53Roman-period settlements in Pleiades

Roman provinces in Cyprus

Today's Cyprus overlaps 1 Roman province on the AD 200 map:

  • Cyprus (98% of the province is here)

Cyprus inside the empire, date by date

DateShare of Cyprus insideArea inside (km²)
753 BCoutside0
264 BCoutside0
133 BCoutside0
44 BC97%9,027
AD 1497%9,027
AD 11797%9,027
AD 21197%9,027
AD 39597%9,027
AD 47697%9,027
AD 56597%9,027
AD 100062%5,736
AD 118062%5,736
AD 1453outside0

A country counts as inside only above 1% of its area or 500 km², because the ancient and modern coastlines do not match exactly. Borders are approximate and debated.

Roman cities in Cyprus

Pleiades lists 53 Roman-period settlements in Cyprus. The best attested include:

Names and attestation from Pleiades (CC BY 3.0).

See the Roman roads of Cyprus on romanroadsmap.com →

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