// Middle Ages
Kingdom of Italy
- Period
- AD 587 – AD 1946
- Duration
- approx. 1,359 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1943
- Area (max.)
- approx. 449,000 km²
Period and duration
Kingdom of Italy — according to the map data from AD 587 to AD 1946, roughly 1,359 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Kingdom of Italy — greatest extent around AD 1943: the mapped borders then cover about 449,000 km², roughly 0.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 586)
After
- Republic of Italy
- Kingdom of Greece
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- French Fourth Republic
Neighbours around AD 1943
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- British Empire
- Vichy France
- United States of America
- French Africa
- Commonwealth of Australia
- British Africa
- Empire of Japan
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1943 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Kingdom of Italy on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.