// Antiquity
Roman Empire
- Period
- 31 BC – AD 394
- Duration
- approx. 424 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 117
- Area (max.)
- approx. 5.3 million km²
Period and duration
Roman Empire — according to the map data from 31 BC to AD 394, roughly 424 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 Empire — greatest extent around AD 117: the mapped borders then cover about 5.3 million km², roughly 3.5% 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 (32 BC)
After
Neighbours around AD 117
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Parthian Empire
- Kingdom of Kush
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Goths
- Kingdom of Axum
- Hadhramaut
- Huns
- Caucasian Albania
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 117 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Roman Empire 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.