The Rise and Fall of Rome, 264 BC – AD 476 · THE MAP IN 264 BC

Map of the Roman Republic in 264 BC

One power among many

The Roman Republic in 264 BC: One power among many. The map shows who held what: Tribal peoples & confederations, Hellenistic kingdoms, Rival great powers.

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Map of the Roman Republic in 264 BC: One power among many. Colours show Tribal peoples & confederations, Hellenistic kingdoms, Rival great powers. — 264 BC · THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME, 264 BC – AD 476

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical coastlines and rivers · Polybius, Histories 1: Sicily and the First Punic War

Source details

Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, and reprojected by Maps of History; dated adjustments are recorded per layer.. CC BY 4.0
Made with Natural Earth. Modern physical geography is a coastline/river reference, not evidence of ancient sovereignty.. Public domain
Polybius, Histories, book 1 (Perseus).. Historical evidence citation; no prose or map copied

proxy: 264 BC Greek Colonies reference · reconstruction: 264 BC · reconstruction: Modern physical shoreline reference · vector: -264 to -257 · vector: -271 to -231 · vector: -272 to -248 · vector: -279 to -145 · vector: -279 to -204 · vector: -279 to -226 · vector: -279 to -248 · vector: -279 to -257 · vector: -281 to -240 · vector: -281 to -257 · vector: -301 to -248 · vector: -350 to -226 · vector: -366 to -231 · vector: -630 to 337

Layer records and reconstruction methods

On the ground

The north of Ireland, like the rest of Hibernia, was never included in the empire
Western Sicily is held by Carthage; Rome and Carthage fight over the island in the First Punic War
Eastern Sicily belongs to the Greek kingdom of Syracuse, which becomes Rome’s ally in 263 BC
Sardinia and Corsica are under Carthaginian control; Rome seized both islands in 238 BC

The chapters of this moment

CH 1 — First Punic War

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