THE PRINCIPATE Republic to Empire
The Mediterranean world of Caesar

Atlas

MAPS

Forty-eight plates. One political century.

Schematic maps drawn for the documentaries. Coastlines are modern reference shapes. Political fills and routes are interpretive — teaching pictures, not GIS reconstructions.

Each film carries four plates. They also sit in the host narration. Click a map to enlarge it; the figure name opens the companion page.

I · Marcus Tullius Cicero

CICERO

The Orator and the Fall of the Republic · 106–43 BC

Italy in the late Republic
Italy in the late Republic
The Catilinarian crisis, 63 BC
The Catilinarian crisis, 63 BC
The exile route
The exile route
Death at Formiae
Death at Formiae

II · Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus

POMPEY

Command, Glory, and Civil War · 106–48 BC

Theaters of Pompey’s career
Theaters of Pompey’s career
The pirate war, 67 BC
The pirate war, 67 BC
The eastern settlement
The eastern settlement
Civil war and death
Civil war and death

III · Marcus Licinius Crassus

CRASSUS

Wealth, Spartacus, and Carrhae · c. 115–53 BC

The Spartacus war in Italy
The Spartacus war in Italy
Crassus’s power base
Crassus’s power base
Carrhae, 53 BC
Carrhae, 53 BC
Spheres of the First Triumvirate
Spheres of the First Triumvirate

IV · Gaius Julius Caesar

CAESAR

From the Rubicon to the Ides · 100–44 BC

The Mediterranean world of Caesar
The Mediterranean world of Caesar
The Gallic Wars
The Gallic Wars
The Rubicon
The Rubicon
The civil war
The civil war

V · Imperator Caesar Augustus

AUGUSTUS

The Invention of the Principate · 63 BC–AD 14

Civil wars, 44–30 BC
Civil wars, 44–30 BC
Spheres after Philippi
Spheres after Philippi
Actium, 31 BC
Actium, 31 BC
The Principate’s empire
The Principate’s empire

VI · Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix

SULLA

The Dictator Who Taught Rome How to Break Itself · c. 138–78 BC

Italy in the Social War
Italy in the Social War
The first march, 88 BC
The first march, 88 BC
The First Mithridatic War
The First Mithridatic War
The Colline Gate, 82 BC
The Colline Gate, 82 BC

VII · Gaius Marius

MARIUS

The Army Becomes a Constituency · c. 157–86 BC

The Jugurthine War
The Jugurthine War
The Cimbric wars
The Cimbric wars
The Social War
The Social War
The return, 87 BC
The return, 87 BC

VIII · Marcus Antonius

ANTONY

After Caesar · 83–30 BC

Mutina, 43 BC
Mutina, 43 BC
Philippi, 42 BC
Philippi, 42 BC
Antony’s eastern sphere
Antony’s eastern sphere
Actium and the end
Actium and the end

IX · How the Principate Worked

THE MACHINE

Monarchy in Republican Clothing · 27 BC–AD 14

Imperial and public provinces
Imperial and public provinces
The early imperial legions
The early imperial legions
Grain to Rome
Grain to Rome
The frontier in AD 14
The frontier in AD 14

X · Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus

TIBERIUS

The System Without the Founder · 42 BC–AD 37

Early commands
Early commands
Mutinies of AD 14
Mutinies of AD 14
The empire he inherited
The empire he inherited
Capri and the Bay of Naples
Capri and the Bay of Naples

XI · Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis

CATO

The Man Who Would Not Bargain · 95–46 BC

Rome and Cyprus
Rome and Cyprus
Cato in the civil war
Cato in the civil war
Africa, 46 BC
Africa, 46 BC
Death at Utica
Death at Utica

XII · Hannibal Barca

HANNIBAL

The Enemy Who Taught Rome War · 247–c. 183 BC

Spain and the road north
Spain and the road north
Crossing into Italy
Crossing into Italy
Trebia, Trasimene, Cannae
Trebia, Trasimene, Cannae
Africa and Zama
Africa and Zama