Germania Inferior: Roman province map

A Roman province that fell in the Western half after the split of AD 395.

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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.

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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

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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.

Germania Inferior at a glance

Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensiumcapital
51 BCfirst Roman
AD 406no longer Roman
45,339 km²area on the AD 200 map

Germania Inferior was Roman from 51 BC to AD 406, with its capital at Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium. On the AD 200 map it covers about 45,339 km², spread across Belgium (40%), the Netherlands (34%) and Germany (23%) today. It is inside the empire on the map at 44 BC, AD 14, AD 117, AD 211 and AD 395.

Dates: Wikipedia: Germania Inferior; Crossing of the Rhine. The outline is the Ancient World Mapping Center province map of AD 200, so earlier and later shapes of the province may have differed.

Which modern countries does Germania Inferior cover?

Country	Share of the province	Area (km²)
Roman Belgium	40%	18,040
Roman Netherlands	34%	15,245
Roman Germany	23%	10,279
Roman Luxembourg	1.5%	677

Germania Inferior on the key dates

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