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A View Of Roman Carthage, Built on the Site of the Previously Destroyed Punic Capital

October 2, 2016 Leave a Comment

A View Of Roman Carthage, Built on the Site of the Previously Destroyed Punic Capital

Map found via reddit user wildeastmofo

The map above shows what Roman Carthage may have looked like sometime in the 3rd century AD, when it was one of the leading cities of the Roman Empire and could have had a population into the hundreds of thousands.

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: roman empire

An Incredibly Detailed Map of the Roman Empire At Its Height in 211AD

September 24, 2015 26 Comments

An Incredibly Detailed Map of the Roman Empire in 211 CE

Map created by Sardis Verlag

The map above is one of the most detailed and interesting maps of the Roman Empire you’ll likely find online. It shows what the Empire looked like in 211 CE (aka 211 AD) at the end of the reign of Septimius Severus.

There lots of really cool things to point out about the map itself. For example:

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: roman empire

Roman Empire GDP Per Capita Map Shows That Romans Were Poorer Than Any Country in 2015

May 4, 2015 12 Comments

Per capita GDP in Roman times according to maddison 1990 ppp dollars

Map by the NEP-HIS Blog, found via Reddit.

What a difference 2,000 years makes. The map above shows the GDP per capita in 14AD of the various provinces of the Roman Empire in 1990 PPP Dollars. On average, the GDP per capita across the whole Empire, was only $570.

This would make the average Roman in 14AD poorer than the average citizen of every single one of the world’s countries in 2015.

Wondering how that’s possible? Then keep reading to find out.

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