Carte De La Germanie Ancienne De La Rhetie De La Pannome Et Des Pays Adjacents Par C.V. Monin (Map Of Ancient Germania, Austria,Poland And Switzerland)

Description

This remarkable map depicts the major tribes and states established in Central Europe during Late Antiquity, along with their neighboring regions. The map depicts the geographic distribution of post-Roman settlers such as the Goths, Vandals, Burgundians, Lombards, and Heruli, across a vast area encompassing modern-day Germany, western Austria, eastern Switzerland, the northern parts of Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and the Alto Adige and Veneto regions of northern Italy. It also highlights the borders of the former Roman provinces of Pannonia, Raetia, Noricum, and Germania, highlighted with colored contours and ancient community names. The upper portion of the map depicts Germania Magna (Greater Germania), which begins at the North Sea and follows the Danube River; the central portion depicts Raetia and Noricum, located in the southern foothills of the Alps; the southeastern portion depicts Pannonia's overland and river connections; and the west depicts the overland routes of ancient Roman Italy. Roman roads and towns – Aquileia, Augusta Vindelicorum (Augsburg), Carnuntum – are shown in full, highlighting the ancient infrastructure of these lands. This map clearly reveals how the balance of power in Europe shifted as the Roman Empire collapsed and how ethnic geography was reshaped by tribal migrations.