// Antiquity
Roman Republic
- Period
- 480 BC – 32 BC
- Duration
- approx. 448 years
- Greatest extent
- around 44 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 2.3 million km²
Period and duration
Roman Republic — according to the map data from 480 BC to 32 BC, roughly 448 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
Roman Republic — greatest extent around 44 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 2.3 million km², roughly 1.6% 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 (481 BC)
After
Neighbours around 44 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Parthian Empire
- Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Kingdom of Kush
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Mauretania
- Nabataeans
- Galatia
Learn more
- Open the world map in 44 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Roman Republic 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.