Roman Empire Map

Roman Turkey Map

Which parts of Turkey 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 Turkey at a glance

Turkey was at least partly inside the Roman Empire at 10 of the 13 key dates on this map, between 44 BC and AD 1453. The most of it inside was 93% of Turkey (722,597 km² of 780,080 km²), at AD 117. Today's Turkey overlaps 7 Roman provinces or province groups on the AD 200 map.

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

  • 44 BCfirst key date inside
  • AD 1453last key date inside
  • 93%most inside, at AD 117
  • 1,391Roman-period settlements in Pleiades

Roman provinces in Turkey

Today's Turkey overlaps 7 Roman provinces on the AD 200 map:

Turkey inside the empire, date by date

DateShare of Turkey insideArea inside (km²)
753 BCoutside0
264 BCoutside0
133 BCoutside0
44 BC34%266,014
AD 1435%276,297
AD 11793%722,597
AD 21179%615,885
AD 39579%615,885
AD 47679%615,885
AD 56579%615,885
AD 100079%617,199
AD 118029%223,176
AD 14530.2%1,252

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 Turkey

Pleiades lists 1,391 Roman-period settlements in Turkey. The best attested include:

Names and attestation from Pleiades (CC BY 3.0).

See the Roman roads of Turkey on romanroadsmap.com →

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