Tagus Guadiana Guadalquivir Duero Ebro Garonne Loire Seine Rhone Rhine Elbe Oder Danube Dniester Dnieper Don Volga Adige Po Weser Vistula W. Dvina N. Dvina Lake Ladoga Indalsälven Bug Warta Ems Main Moselle Meuse Schelde Vienne Dordogne Tarn Yvonne Marne Durance Saone Tiber Adda Ofanto Inn Vltava Morova Drava Sava Velika Morava Tisa Mures Olt Ialomita Prut Dirin Aliakmonas Axios Ardas Drina Pivdennyi Buh Desna Seversky Donets Ural Kama Volga Oka Volga Kızılırmak Yeşılırmak Ceyhan Araz Kür Euphrates Tigris Murat Sebou Moulouya Österdalälven Könkämäälven Trent Thames Severn Shannon Khopyor Ijssel Berkel Waal Somme Oise Aisne Creuse Indre Cher Sevre Charente Vilaine Mayenne Sarthe Adour Gers Ariege Lot Isère Ain Doubs Sambre Seguro Esla Segre Miño Arno Büyük Menderes Susurluk Caıl Sakarya Vättern Vättern Vättern Vättern Vänern Klarälven Skellefteälven Lulleälven Kalixälven Göta älv Glåma Vorma Gudbrandsdalslågen Pripyats Neris/Viliya Neman Narva LakePeipsi Velikaya Neva Volkhov Lovat Msta Rostov Murom Smolensk Kiev Novgorod Suzdal Chernigov Volodimir Turov Polotsk Ryazan Antioch Edessa Tripoli UK Ireland Morocco Portugal Kazakhstan Iran Azerbaijan Iceland Jordan Israel Lebanon Armenia Georgia Estonia Latvia Spain France Italy Germany Poland Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Belarus Ukraine Romania Turkey Russia Syria Iraq Algeria Tunisia Hungary CzechRepublic Slovakia Bulgaria Austria Switzerland Moldova Slovenia Croatia Serbia Bosnia Albania Macedonia Greece Lithuania Montenegro Belgium Netherlands Lux. Roman Empire Goths Vandals Marco-manni Germanics Balts Slavs Finns Alans Lapps Roman Empire PersianEmpire Arabs Armenia Iberia Celts Roman Empire Quadi Roxolani K. of Bosporus Jazyges Rome 230CE   138   230   305   362   406   420   451   476   528   565   600   626   651   737   771   830   888   925   1000   1030   1071   1092   1100   1130   1173   1212   1230 Options: Relief map Borders Rivers Names

maps > europe

138CE ◀ ▶ 305CE

Options:   ReliefBordersRiversNamesShading

230, Parthians, goths & Vandals

197-9 Parthians lose a second war in this period with Rome, and the Romans annex the northern third of Mesapotamia.

213 The Romans incorporate the Arab Kingdom of Edessa into their province of Mesapotamia.

c225 The Persian king Ardashir overthrows the Parthian empire.

by 230 In the years surrounding the turn of the century, the Goths move from the Baltic to occupy the western Black Sea steppe, followed by the Vandals, who settle to their west, displacing the Jazyges.

Sources

The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History, Colin McEvedy, pp 102-3