"If it were not my purpose to combine barbarian things with things Hellenic, to traverse and civilize every continent, to search out the uttermost parts of land and sea, to push the bounds of Macedonia to the farthest Ocean, and to disseminate and shower the blessings of the Hellenic justice and peace over every nation, I should not be content to sit quietly in the luxury of idle power, but I should emulate the frugality of Diogenes. But as things are, forgive me Diogenes, that I imitate Herakles, and emulate Perseus, and follow in the footsteps of Dionysos, the divine author and progenitor of my family, and desire that victorious Hellenes should dance again in India and revive the memory of the Bacchic revels among the savage mountain tribes beyond the Kaukasos…"

-- Alexander the Great
As quoted in "On the Fortune of Alexander" by Plutarch, 332 a-b
​

MAPS OF ANCIENT GREECE


Mycenean Greece and the Orient 1450 B.C.

The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911. Inset: Reference Map of the Nile Delta.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/
shepherd_1911/shepherd-c-004.jpg


The Beginnings of Historic Greece 700 - 600 B.C.

The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/
shepherd/beginnings_hist_greece.jpg


Greek and Phoenician Settlements 550 B.C.

The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923.
 http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/
shepherd_1911/shepherd-c-012.jpg

Greece at the Time of War with Persia 500 - 479 B.C.

Greece at the Time of War with Persia 500 - 479 B.C. (Map showing the various alliances - patriotic Greek states mainly in the south and the neutral states in  the north). Map from European History: Boise State University.
http://europeanhistory.boisestate.edu/
images/maps/ionianrevolt.jpg

The Athenian Empire at its Height 450 B.C.

The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/
shepherd/athenian_empire_450.jpg

Greece in the age of Pericles 446 - 445 B.C.

Greece in the Age of Pericles. German map. http://pages.uoregon.edu/klio/maps/gr/athens/
Athen%20-%201.%20Seebund.jpg

Greece: Beginning of the Peloponnesian War 431 B.C. 

The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/
shepherd/greece_pelop_war_431.jpg

Greece: The Peloponnesian War 431 - 404 B.C.

Imperialisms, Ancient and Modern.
George Mason University
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/historians/maps/
peloponnesianwar1.jpg

Greece Under Theban Hegemony 371 - 362 B.C.

Ancient History Encyclopedia
http://www.ancient.eu.com/uploads/
images/329.jpg

Greece Under Theban Headship 362 B.C.

The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/
shepherd/greece_362.jpg

Greek Federalism and Alliances 362 B.C.

Drama in the Post-Classical Greek World
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/clasdram/
chapters/101latergkcomedy.htm

MAPS OF ANCIENT GREEK DIALECTS

Greek Dialects 800 B.C.

Greek Dialects 800 B.C.
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/mladjov/files/
greekdialects800bcs.jpg

Greek Dialects 5th B.C. 

Hellenic Family of Languages: Hellenic Peninsula - Asia Minor - Major Dialects
​(c) Marcus A. Templar
http://www.macedonianhistory.org/research--documents/hellenic-migration-and-katadesmos-a-paradigm-of-macedonian-speech​

MAPS OF ANCIENT GREEK COLONIES THROUGHOUT EUROPE & ASIA MINOR

Greek Colonies and Trade
Europe, Asia, Africa
750 - 550 B.C.  

Maps of Greek Colonization and Trade
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/greeksahoy!/
greek_trade.jpg

Greek Colonies and Trade
Europe, Asia Minor, Africa
8th - 6th B.C.

Maps of Greek Colonization and Trade
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/greeksahoy!/
overall_metropoleis.jpg

Greek Colonies and Trade
Up-close: Macedonia, Thrace
8th - 6th B.C.

Maps of Greek Colonization and Trade
Shows the Metropoleis of Greek Colonies in Macedonia, Thrace and the Hellespontine Region
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/greeksahoy!/
colonies_and_metropoleis.jpg

Greek Settlements
Up-Close: Magna Graecia
8th - 6th B.C.

Maps of Greek Colonization and Trade
Shows the Metropoleis of Greek Colonies in
Magna Graecia and Sicily
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/greeksahoy!/
magna_grecia_metropoleis.jpg

Greek Settlements
Europe, Asia, Africa
550 B.C.

Maps of Greek Colonization and Trade
Hellenic, Etruscan and Phoenecian Settlements
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/greeksahoy!/
mediterranean_550.jpg

Greek Settlements
Europe, Asia, Africa
550 B.C.

Maps of Greek Colonization and Trade
Greece and its Colonies
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/greeksahoy!/
greek_colonies_550.jpg

MAPS OF THE RISE OF MACEDON

Overlap Map:
Extent of Persian Empire up to Alexander's Empire
500 - 323 B.C.

The Extent of the Persian Empire 500 B.C. and Alexander the Great's Empire 323 B.C.
http://guides.etbu.edu/content.php?pid=318700&sid=2620351

Greece and the Aegean
336 B.C. - Macedonian Allies and Dependencies prior to Alexander's Campaigns

Greece Under Macedonian Hegemony:
 Greece and the Aegean 336 B.C.
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/
mladjov/files/hellas336bc.jpg


​Extent of
Alexander the Great's Empire to 323 B.C.

Alexander the Great's Empire while he was Alive
http://www.heritage-history.com/maps/
ancient/class012.jpg

Alexander the Great's
Empire after his Death - Kingdom of his Successors after 323 B.C.

Alexander the Great's Empire after his Death in 323 B.C. - Kingdoms of his Diadochoi (his successors)
http://www.heritage-history.com/maps/
shepherd/shep018-019.jpg


​Close up: Macedonian Expansions, Dependent Regions, Alexander's Empire

Macedonian Territorial Expansion, Dependent States and Alexander the Great's Empire
http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/clasdram/
chapters/101latergkcomedy.htm 


Alexander the Great's
Empire - Kingdom of his Successors after 301 B.C.

Alexander the Great's Empire - Kingdom of his Successors after the Battle of Ipsus in 301 B.C.
http://www.heritage-history.com/maps/
shepherd/shep018b.jpg

MAPS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND EASTERN ROMAN (BYZANTINE) EMPIRE

The Roman Empire
between 148 - 121 B.C.

The Roman Empire c. 148 - 121 B.C.
Expansion into Africa and Asia
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/
mladjov/files/romanabc129.jpg

The Roman Empire at its Greatest Extent 117 A.D.

Acquisitions and Major Roads in the Roman Empire at its Greatest Extent 117 A.D.
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/
rosenstein1/REmpclass/lect17/Roman%20
Empire%20117%20AD.jpg

The Roman Empire
Dioceses 305 A.D.

Roman dioceses at the abdication of Diocletian
The Roman Empire Dioceses c. 305 A.D.
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/
mladjov/files/romandioceses305s.jpg


The Roman Empire
Prefectures c. 395 A.D.

Roman Praetorian Prefectures
at the death of Theodosius I
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/
mladjov/files/romanprefectures395s.jpg

The Roman Empire
Division into Latin West and Greek East 395 A.D.

Division of the Roman Empire
at the death of Theodosius I
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/
mladjov/files/romana395.jpg

The Roman Empire
Administrative Divisions
as of 395 A.D.

The Roman Empire Administrative Divisions of 395 A.D. to 408 A.D. under Arcadius Augustus. Greece in the Dioecesis of Macedonia split into the regions of Epirus Nova, Epirus Vetus, Thessalia, Macedonia and Creta.
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/mladjov/
files/romana395ad.jpg


The Roman Empire and barbarian Europe 600 A.D.

Roman Empire and Barbarian Europe 600 A.D.
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/
mladjov/files/romana600.jpg 

Close up look at the Slav Migrations in to Greece
c. 6th - 7th Century

Slav Migratyions between the 6th - 7th Century
(c) Marcus A. Templar
​http://www.macedonianhistory.org/
marcus-a-templar-katadesmos.html

South Eastern Europe:
The Balkan Region
in 960 A.D.

South Eastern Europe: The Balkan Region in 960 A.D. (The Byzantine Empire / Bulgarian Empire) / Balance of Power
http://users.humboldt.edu/ogayle/hist111/
BalanceofPower.html