Four story maps
The empire over time
Rome started as one city. Century by century its rule spread, then later split in two. These maps show the idea, not every border.
Kingdom stories
1. One city
The burgundy patch is early Rome, a city in Italy. The rest of the map is other people’s land.
After the wars with Carthage
2. The Republic spreads
Rome now holds Italy, islands, parts of Spain, the African coast, and Greece. Carthage has been beaten.
Around Trajan, early AD 100s
3. A huge empire
The colored land runs from Britain to Egypt. This is near the biggest the empire got. It did not stay this large.
The later Empire
4. Two halves
Silver is the west. Gold is the east. Rulers split the hard job. The west faded first. The east lasted much longer.