The Roman Empire At Its Territorial Height Vivid Maps The roman empire at its height (117 ad): illustrating the empire’s maximum extent under trajan. the empire included a wide array of cultures, languages, and landscapes, from the forests of germania to the deserts of north africa. major cities like rome, alexandria, and antioch served as centers of commerce, culture, and administration. The roman empire, at its height (c. 117), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization.building upon the foundation laid by the roman republic, the empire became the largest and most powerful political and military entity in the world up to its time and expanded steadily until its fall, in the west, in 476.
In 117 A D The Roman Empire Was At Its Territorial Peak R Mapporn The area around rome (roma) in italy. notice the roman city of byzantium. in 330 ad it was renamed constantinople and became the capital of the roman empire. today it’s known as istanbul, the largest city in turkey. map of the caucasus. notice the kingdom of iberia and caucasian albania neither of which are where you’d expect them to be. The roman empire at its height. by savannah cox. published june 20, 2013. updated november 7, 2023. Roman empire map. this map of ancient rome shows the vast territory it covered. at the time of emperor trajan’s death in 117 ad, the roman empire was the largest it would be in history. it spanned from england to the west coast of modern day spain to south in egypt and east to the persian gulf. rome reached its largest territorial extent. Rome reached its greatest territorial extent under trajan (r. 98–117 ad), but a period of increasing trouble and decline began under commodus (r. 180–192). in the 3rd century, the empire underwent a 50 year crisis that threatened its existence due to civil war, plagues and barbarian invasions.
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