Geographic HistoryMap of the Western Roman Empire
On the Geographic History map, the Western Roman Empire appears from AD 395 to AD 480. It reaches its largest mapped extent in AD 396: about 2.5 million km² across 200 provinces.
The Western Roman Empire was the western half of the Roman Empire, ruled separately after 395, first from Milan and then from Ravenna. Through the 5th century it lost Britain, Spain, Gaul and Africa to Germanic peoples such as the Visigoths, Vandals and Franks, and Rome itself was sacked in 410 and 455. In 476 Odoacer deposed the last emperor in Italy, Romulus Augustulus.
Mapped area over time
The Western Roman Empire on the world maps
Largest other states in AD 396
| State | Mapped area |
|---|---|
| Sasanian Empire | 2.9 million km² |
| Jin | 2.4 million km² |
| Rouran | 2.4 million km² |
| Byzantine Empire | 2 million km² |
| Huns | 1.8 million km² |
| Chuban | 1.5 million km² |
| Gupta | 1.3 million km² |
| Ghana | 850 thousand km² |
About this map
Territory comes from the Chronas historical dataset used by the Geographic History app. Areas are approximate, computed from about 2,400 province shapes, and describe this map rather than official historical figures - border data for the ancient and medieval world is necessarily a reconstruction.
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