Roman Empire Map | Senatorial vs Imperial Provinces

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Map: Jerry Wilson
Script/Narration: Matt Baker
Editing: Jack Rackam
Intro animation: Syawish Rehman
Intro music: "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. Available from incompetech.com

[@UsefulCharts]

Buy the map here: usefulcharts.com/collections/history-timelines/products/maps-of-the-roman-empire

[@liamwatts7105]

8:34 Damn these guys were so hated for sacking Rome we literally named the whole concept of a vandal after them

[@ThisisBarris]

Listening to you is strangely relaxing.

[@Wolfeson28]

1:17 There's one *major* exception to the idea of Senatorial provinces being more prosperous: Egypt. Augustus kept Egypt as an Imperial province precisely because its resources and trade were so incredibly valuable that he absolutely could not risk it rebelling or becoming a power base for an ambitious senator or general. This very interesting video from Kings And Generals shows just how vital Egypt's revenue and trade were: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJKmknmmdtmgapo

[@alessandrocoletta7039]

Egypt was a personal property of the emperor, it was neither an imperial or senatorial province

[@yazziminator]

Well he had it given to a senator once, never again 😂😂

[@arttusepanheimo4909]

The senatorial provinces were areas that had been under the republic for a while and were pacified. They weren't senatorial provinces because they were wealthy, that was just a tendency. Egypt was a recent addition to the Empire in the beginning and was at risk of invasion from neighbours and rebellion.

[@hellenicboi14]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.

[@Dave_Sisson]

I was thinking that you may run out of royal families and pantheons in the next year or so and was wondering what you might diversify into. In order my guesses were time lines, historic maps and princely/ducal families. It appears my second guess was right. Keep up the excellent work!

[@ThisisBarris]

He also did a video on human evolution and other science topics that were really interesting, so that's something he could do more of, too.

[@kamrulalom8610]

Well, there are some archeological evidence for Bible passages and dynasties

[@averagejacobinsubscriber]

Right in time for the hype of imperator:rome. Smart.

[@aaronTGP_3756]

Of course at its height in 117, Trajan had taken control of Armenia, Mesopotamia (which included the Parthian capital Ctesphon) and Assyria. After he died, Hadrian withdrew to the older borders because it would be easier to defend.

[@whyamialive5842]

My 42x Great Grandpa Was A Roman Officer. He Was Born In Modern Day England. He Later Moved To Rome, And Then Back To England. He Was Born In 100 BC And Died In 38 BC. Only 13 Members Of My Known Family Were Citizens Of Rome. And 12 Of Those Were Soldiers. I’m Also Distantly Related To A Roman Government Official Of Unknown Name. So I Find That Cool.

[@Chirchy]

How on Earth would you figure that out???

[@wofi784]

This is great, well done Jerry

[@hamnchee]

Really great map and explanation! Your channel rocks

[@Nooticus]

Very interesting video as always!

[@Chel22E]

this has helped me so much. THANK YOU!

[@hannahstahl1857]

Beautiful artistically done cartography. I too love drawing and painting and love love love cartography

[@GeoffreyWilliams742]

I would like to see if you could do the kingdom of Hawaii?

[@ferrjuan]

Jeffrey Downer especially the incest

[@abbba2007]

Spain wasn't a single province before Augustus. It was divided into two provinces. Also I'm voting for a second video, for every imperatorial province to be presented.

[@lolwat5418]

Wow very interesting video sir 😃 NOt you teach of royal family trees but also historic maps now. I love it

[@flamencoprof]

Truly a useful chart, with a useful overview video. I was brought up where landed the farthest little ripple of the big splash that was the British Empire. Consequently, I was educated in British ways and history, with added Rome! Now I realise there is as much history of Rome to learn as that I was taught of Britain.

[@livpound6222]

You should do a video on who would be the modern day native prince of Wales.

[@parkermanist]

Wow, great video. Interested to check out the Parthians in a bit more detail.

[@thesunhasset7717]

Can you do a review of Norway Monarchs, also im a big fan of this channel so keep it up.

[@Basedbateman97]

You mean Danish Monarchs? Smirk xD

[@dmgmusic5674]

@@Basedbateman97 He request a video about the monarchs who ruled norway.

[@joemama-qy4fb]

Thank you sir.

[@boyandgirlmom]

With Easter and Passover coming up you could do a video about the Kings of Israel and Judea. Biblical history is really interesting in my opinion.

[@Dave_Sisson]

There were only four Herodian kings of Judea, so a video on them wouldn't be much longer than his April 1 video on the two Princes of Sealand. The possible earlier ones may be mythological, as there isn't much evidence outside the Tanak. So there's no solid historical evidence, although some Jews and a few super conservative Christians might disagree.

[@ohadhoffman7078]

@@Dave_Sissonyou conveniently forgot all the Hasmonean kings who are not from the bible but from history. They have a longer history of kings and high priests and are also linked to the Herodian kings. That would make more than a full length video

[@UsefulCharts]

I've actually done a video combining the Hasmoneans and Herodians. It's in the Ancient History playlist.

[@oiseaudubonheur]

Well, I wouldn't say Hispania and Gallia had quite the same journey. Hispania had been two provinces 197BC.

[@AHN-]

this map is awesome

[@NiamhCreates]

I love maps.

[@ztare730]

Beautiful map, I will certainly order it, but why is Ibiza red?

[@MidtownSkyport]

sunburn

[@historycenter4011]

Cool intro.

[@bradwood-maclean5544]

I prefer the family trees but I still like this though

[@Aethelhart]

This map is useful.

[@georgios_5342]

4:07 all the senatorial provinces were either Greek or Italic ethnicity. The one in the South of Spain was an early Greek colony, while the provinces of Achaia, Epirus, Macedonia, Cyprus, Asia, Crete and Cyrenaica and Bithunia and Pontus were Greek. All the rest senatorial provinces were of Italic ethnicity.

[@georgios_5342]

@Jizldiedizl B yeah sorry you're right I meant italic. I don't really know about ancient Roman history. But what I do know for sure, is that Greeks in Asia Minor and southern Italy were in fact Greeks. In southern Italy they had arrived due to Greek colonization, they spoke Greek and even believed in Greek gods and had Greek culture. Asia Minor Greeks were of two categories: 1)Pontiacs and Ionians, who had settled the coastal regions from antiquity up until the Greek colonization period. 2) Central Anatolian Greeks, who settled during and after the conquests of Alexander the Great in the rest of Anatolia, and although a bit more sparse and with no major cities, spoke Greek, believed in Greek gods (until the Christian era) and had Greek culture. However, they were indeed mixed with the Anatolian peoples, but the regional Anatolian languages were later extinct (they were already the closest languages to Greek that existed). Now, one question for you, should I edit the original comment so that the comment is correct (but then your answer would seem meaningless) or leave it as it is so people see yours and understand what's correct then (but then those who wouldn't check your answer would be as confused as I was about the Italic ethnicity)

[@georgios_5342]

@Jizldiedizl B that's true, but Greeks in southern Italy and Asia Minor were ethnically Greek. Because of the sheer size of Greek culture however, it was indeed very common for various Greek traits to spread even outside their borders. By ethnos' definition, you are 100% correct, but even the ancient Greeks themselves (not all, many historians and philosophers) agreed that whoever has a Greek culture is a Greek. Even in more modern times, slavs that would say "long live Greece" in South Slavic during the Ottoman era, were generally regarded as Hellenopsykhoi (Ελληνόψυχοι), meaning those who have Hellenic (Greek) soul, and accepted as heroes by all the Greeks. What I'm trying to say is that Greeks would accept into their societies people with Greek values. However, Asia Minor Greeks and South Italy Greeks (and even Balkan Greek communities, Black Sea Greeks and the Former Egyptian Greek community for that matter) are ethnically Greek, and trace their existences deep into history.

[@Omerath9]

@Jizldiedizl B They belonged to the Mediterranean stock. The Roman frescoes that survive to this day give you a good idea on how they looked like.

[@CoolioXXX52]

Not in North Africa

[@BobatBG]

Is there an error on the map? Eturia in the key is VII (and I can't locate this number anywhere on the map). There is XII on the map that I think corresponds to this. So therefore appears to be an error in numbering on the map. Same with VIII (Aemilia) in the key which I think corresponds to XIII on the map (the area around Ravenna, the later capitol city of Western Roman Empire). Cool map though.

[@kaitthenoscoper]

yeah, XII on the map should be VII

[@nathancov1165]

Please make a vid About Belgium. That has a really interesting house

[@laurantajvazi917]

Will you ever make a video about balkan royalty prior to the ottoman invasion?

[@CameronAB122]

I would like a video about the provinces of the late Roman Empire. They were organized differently after Diocletian and Constantine

[@GeorgianMihai]

From time to time, a person or an empire appears that influence the history greatly(culture, military, economically). The Roman Empire was one of such.

[@Ultima-Signa]

08:45 correction: the Saxons and Angles did not invade Britannia. They were actually called on by the residents/rulers there to come to Britannia in order to protect and defend the settlements there against Scots tribes invading them constantly. 08:55 another correction; The Huns did not only invade Eastern Europe but also Central and even Western Europe. They even got as far as Gaul/France. They also invaded Germania which was one of the, probably even the main reason, for why the Germanic tribes have descended into the Roman Empire en masse. The Huns eventually even settled down in Central Europe - in the area which later would become Hungary.

[@Nstone53]

I noticed on your web page you guys have a Canadian first nations chart. Are you guys planning to make one depicting the US tribes? My mother was native I think it would be really neat to get one for my grandmother.

[@UsefulCharts]

It's on tribalnationsmaps.com

[@danep8553]

Do a part 2 please

[@taidordz]

Link your friends social media, I wanna check his other arts.

[@UsefulCharts]

Good idea. Just added his IG to the description.

[@minecraftgamer5022]

Please make a tutorial video of how to make charts also what recorder do you use

[@wrackboy]

Hispania, as long as I can remember, never was a single province, but two, Ulterior and Citerior.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

Gaul was (despite Caesar's assurance that it is splöit in three parts) separates in FOUR parts on your map... Narbonensis as senatorial province and the three imperial provinces of aquitaine, lyonese and belgian gaul... the belgians were a gaulish tribe not germanic.

[@minimanzero2262]

I know it's small but you missed the island of modern day Malta (might have been part of the Sicily province) which was very important for trade and ships

[@steffenfrost995]

Really interesting. The green of Parthia is for me too close to the blue around the coasts and also doesn't come across as a separate empire...

[@mynameisjeff869]

Can you do Přemyslovci dynasty? I think it's interesting not only because I am Czech but for brother-cousin fight for the Bohemian Crown

[@UsefulCharts]

It'll be in the Eastern Europe chart that I'll be working on later this year.

[@mynameisjeff869]

@@UsefulCharts Thanks a lot for your effort!

[@turbo.panther]

It'd be great to see a chart showing who would be monarch of England/Britain if 1066 went the other way.

[@rodom303]

This is glorious

[@rodom303]

GIVE ME MORE PAPA

[@felipesoria4755]

Need one of these! but no longer available, where can i get one?

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

There's also the Antonine Wall.

[@dog-ez2nu]

It's funny how Albania literally moved from the Caucauses to the Balkans.

[@user-mk5xk3gm3b]

It's not the same. Caucasian Albanians were different people. Thier language is gone now and they are extinct or assimilated with other neighbouring people. The name is just coincidence, "albania" is a latin word.

[@Trajan7]

I read that the Empire reached its zenith under Emperor Trajan. Just curious why you chose map under Emperor Marcus A?

[@niccolorichter1488]

You are right under the emperor Trajan Rome have provincies as Armenia, Mezopotamia ... It was a zenith of the Empire

[@anglosaxon5874]

Provence VII & VIII, you have labelled at XII & XIII on the map.

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

In my head canon: there’s the Neo Roman Empire that is divided between colonies, imperial provinces and the main head government itself the Neo Roman republic.

[@shacharraz9129]

What do you think about Josephus?

[@HVLLOWS1999]

Acheimanid Empire 490 BC. That would be awesome.

[@n.br32]

I don`t see in the map Dardania,which that time was a very powerful kingdom.

[@g3heathen209]

Gonna have to get out the credit card for this one.

[@kayzeaza]

Whoa when you say Spain do you mean the Iberian peninsula? Cause Portugal is there too

[@jonnyminogue]

What about making charts documenting all the queens from RuPaul's Drag Race seasons 1-11, plus All-Stars seasons 1-4? I'd be happy to assist on this venture!

[@francoisdaureville323]

Cringe

[@jonnyminogue]

@@francoisdaureville323 Grimacer? Qui vous a demandé?

[@thanasismavromixailidis918]

Ottoman Empire next?

[@farzaan1479]

5:45 wasn't Gaul divided into cisalpine Gaul and transalpine Gaul

[@niccolorichter1488]

No. Cisalpine Gaul was in northe Italy.

[@legioxinvicta]

👍

[@Mike_79]

Did you not had Belgica Prima and Belgia Secunda, or was that later.

[@filipt7866]

You forgot Germania Magna

[@Trajan7]

you described 12 Senatorial provinces (not 11 as you mentioned at the beginning?

[@UsefulCharts]

Italy, although governed by the senate, was not actually considered a "province".

[@Trajan7]

@@UsefulCharts actually, you described 12 Senatorial Provinces as follows: 3 in Greece 2 in Asia (Asia and Bithynia et Pontus) 2 in Africa Cyprus Sicily Corsica et Sardinia 1 in Gaul 1 in Espania (Italy itself was not a province, but divided into 11 regions, as you said)

[@UsefulCharts]

@@Trajan7 You're right. There are 12 on the map, not 11.

[@romancouncil7087]

Tell about king of georgia

[@ekremcevik5858]

Can you make Turkish mythology family tree ?

[@hahhahaa5526]

Altaic mythology doesn't have a lot of family ties as in Greek/Norse mythology.

[@ltyrell75]

So Prussian monarchy this Friday or something else

[@UsefulCharts]

April schedule is on the community tab. Prussia will be in May.

[@jacob_swaggerz]

No Khazars in this map?

[@ulagirtler1126]

Can you make Polish monarchy family tree?

[@Gizmomadug]

No Antonine Wall?

[@UsefulCharts]

It's on there.

[@Gizmomadug]

@@UsefulCharts Not in your narration it isn't. I'm a bit touchy on this subject as I feel the southern neighbour gets all the attention, plus It's just a couple of miles away from me as I speak (Cramond Island).

[@monumento.f.501]

consonantious.

[@MrMooemoney]

The senatorial areas where not the most prosperous tho.....Egypt was empiral and it was the most prosperous

[@matteofumagalli3918]

Egypt was a special case because augustus consider the region his personal property since he defeated cleopatra

[@Piter_Play]

PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO : WHO WOULD BE A KING OF POLAND TODAY

[@tanyahanna6523]

Roman Empire map.. prescription..the brothers Grimm..🧙..🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵

[@stimulatedstats7353]

In my opinion, Anatolian part of Empire was the best

[@santiagocabrera7334]

Can you make a video of the Aztec Empire? 🇲🇽

[@cingenedovenaugustus4558]

I disagree about the arguement that Rome coulndt fully defeat the Parthians. They never fully conquered it or swept through the entire region. But in the long run, Romans destroyed the Parthians. Their final conflicts bring about more devastating results for the Parthians that eventually made them obsolete. The defeat after defeat resulted in Persians believing a need for a more radically agressive, militaristic state which is the Sassanian. To sum it up, Romans never wanted to conquer the region so they slowly pushed the Persian Empire of its time to destruction. I mean cmon, you can see Romans sacking or burning Ctesiphon (Persian Capital) many times but you cant see the Parthians sacking Constantinople or Alexandria or Antioch. This overall strategy also worked against Sassanians despite them securing greater victories compared to the Parthians. We can argue that maybe its one of the reasons why the Sassanians prefered a TOTAL war that would destroy their Empire later on. (and the later conquest of the Arabs. That was inevitable.)

[@hassanyousif7384]

Roman empire in WWE 😁

[@hellenicboi14]

Hell yeah. *ROMAN REIGNS*

[@musicrelax4291]

Noah ark family tree

[@feniks1464]

You went far you went free until to Germany 🇩🇪

[@gandalfstormcloud7514]

B.C. and A.D. We have been using the Gregorian calendar for centuries and if you want your own, fine. Just don't steal our history. Maybe use 1967 as year 1 when all the dirty hippies took over! Lol

[@valeskabor]

In my opinion none of them ! Because the emperor or caesar of Rome sometime they were related by blood and sometimes dont ! If the emperor of Rome position should be restored ! First b a Roman Citezen the senade should b reunited again and by ancients roman laws as the modern current laws and the peoples appointment for this position is done !finally the Pope final seal of approval! Finally we would have the new emperor

[@antotombari710]

Armenia!!!!

[@samc2450]

*Uses CE instead of AD* REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@ferrjuan]

Don’t u mean AD instead of CE? You are using a calendar that is named after a pope and we go from the birth of Christ in terms of the year that we are on. I’m an atheist btw and using BC and AD doesn’t bother me because I know how much religion has helped shape the Western world.

[@UsefulCharts]

Both sets of terms are widely used by historians and therefore imho, are ok to use. My hope is that people who watch the video can simply enjoy the beautiful map rather than get bogged down in the CE vs AD debate.

[@ferrjuan]

UsefulCharts thanks for the clarification

[@jamesbradleysears7188]

Unfortunately some Christians will always be offended if they are not given exclusive priority over all others.

[@erik3529]

First

[@legionoffollowers6843]

That moment when you use CE instead of AD to distance religion from history, yet base all calendar dates, named after a Pope, around the death of Jesus. Pope Gregory: "You just activated my trap card!" God:"Congradulations. You played yourself." UsefulCharts: **big oof**

[@nialltownley1788]

It's not an "oof". Yes both the calendar and the numbering system both take from religion but there is no way to change that without causing huge upset. The acronym CE, however, makes a lot more sense (current era vs anno domini) and is much better suited to modern secular society rather than some old Latin phrase seeped in old religious bullshit, even without the religious context.

[@legionoffollowers6843]

Niall Townley - "Some old Latin phrase", he says. Even though your watching a video about some old Latin map denoting what Romans controlled that in no way is suited to understand a modern map.

[@nialltownley1788]

@@legionoffollowers6843 The two are unrelated and you know it. Don't be dumb. You tried to make a stupid joke and guess what? It was pretty stupid.

[@legionoffollowers6843]

Niall Townley - they are in fact related. You justify not acknowledging B.C A.D due to the age it was created as "old,religious bullshit", while directly viewing a video about a map that is more than a millennia outdated. Why justify an old map as informative but not the BC/AD naming system, which directly tells us why it's the year 2019?

[@nialltownley1788]

@@legionoffollowers6843 I'm watching the video about the map out of interest and curiosity. The way we name our years actually matters. Honestly I think AD/BC is fine but CE/BCE is preferable because the acronyms are consistent and actually make sense, and because it cuts out the religious connotations. Not to say that those religious and historical connotations aren't incredibly interesting - they are - more that we dont't need them in the modern world and a more universal and understandable naming system is, as I say, preferable.

[@jstrahan2]

You meant 180 A.D.

[@conordoonan8669]

jstrahan2 are you joking? If not it’s because it can either be known as A.D. or C.E. (Common Era), theirs also B.C. and B.C.E. (Before Common Era)

[@jstrahan2]

@@conordoonan8669 : No. I am not joking. It's my commentary on the usage of C.E. I hate when people use that PC term.

[@jamesbradleysears7188]

Why should we date history by a mythical event? Seems silly.

[@jstrahan2]

@@jamesbradleysears7188 : FYI: Jesus birth is not a mythical event. It is a historical event. Whether or not you believe that he is the Son of God is another matter.

[@craigtonkin6343]

Jay Sears mythical?

[@idziokracja4186]

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[@seamusscullion1596]

I am the senate

[@TTuoTT]

You have bias towards the Roman Empire in comparison to the Parthian.