Roman Empire Map

Roman Iraq Map

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

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AD 117about 4,880,924 km²The empire at its greatest extent, after Trajan's eastern conquests; Trajan dies and Hadrian succeeds. Ruler: Trajan, then Hadrian.
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 Iraq at a glance

Iraq was at least partly inside the Roman Empire at 5 of the 13 key dates on this map, between AD 117 and AD 565. The most of it inside was 6.5% of Iraq (28,352 km² of 437,367 km²), at AD 117. Today's Iraq overlaps 1 Roman province or province group on the AD 200 map.

The map above opens on AD 117, when the most of Iraq was inside.

  • AD 117first key date inside
  • AD 565last key date inside
  • 6.5%most inside, at AD 117
  • 36Roman-period settlements in Pleiades

Roman provinces in Iraq

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

Iraq inside the empire, date by date

DateShare of Iraq insideArea inside (km²)
753 BCoutside0
264 BCoutside0
133 BCoutside0
44 BCoutside0
AD 14outside0
AD 1176.5%28,352
AD 2115.3%23,130
AD 3955.3%23,130
AD 4765.3%23,130
AD 5655.3%23,130
AD 1000outside0
AD 1180outside0
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 Iraq

Pleiades lists 36 Roman-period settlements in Iraq. The best attested include:

Names and attestation from Pleiades (CC BY 3.0).

See every known Roman road on romanroadsmap.com →

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