Germania Superior: 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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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)
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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 Superior at a glance

Mogontiacumcapital
51 BCfirst Roman
AD 406no longer Roman
99,663 km²area on the AD 200 map

Germania Superior was Roman from 51 BC to AD 406, with its capital at Mogontiacum. On the AD 200 map it covers about 99,663 km², spread across Germany (41%), France (38%) and Switzerland (21%) today. It is inside the empire on the map at 44 BC, AD 14, AD 117, AD 211 and AD 395.

Dates: Wikipedia: Germania Superior; Agri Decumates. 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 Superior cover?

Country	Share of the province	Area (km²)
Roman Germany	41%	40,859
Roman France	38%	37,684
Roman Switzerland	21%	21,120

Germania Superior on the key dates

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