1839 Map of Europe 297-376 Huns by Delamarche

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1839 Dated Map of Europe AD 297-376 by Félix Delamarche
Carte de l'Europe depuis le traité de paix entre l'Empereur Dioclétien et le Roi Sassanide Nersèa jusqu'à la fondation de l'Empire des Huns (297-376) par Delamarche 1839
Hand Colored Outline
"Atlas de la Géographie Ancienne, du Moyen-Age et Moderne"
adopte par le Conseil Royal de l'Instruction Publique, a l'usage des colléges royaux et des maisons d'éducation.
Par Delamarche, a Paris, Chez l'Auteur, Successeur de Robert de Vaugondy, Géographe du Roi, Rue du Jardinet, No. 12.

Félix Delamarche was the geographer to the King of France. Together with his father, Charles-François Delamarche, successor of Robert de Vaugondy, they obtained monopoly of the sale of globes, atlases, and maps in colleges in France. Delamarche Jr. published a number of atlases in the early 19th century. This map comes from 'Atlas de la Géographie Ancienne, du Moyen-Age et Moderne ', published in Paris. Printed by Imprimerie Porthmann, Rue de Hasard-Richelieu, 8. Map No. 16.

This superb authentic map of the 4th century Europe shows the continent during the reign of Diocletian, Tetrarchs, Constantians, and Valentians. Major regions, provinces, tribes, kingdoms, towns, Roman colonies, rivers, mountain chains, are indicated. The Western Empire is indicated by pink outline, the Eastern Empire - by green, the Sasanian Empire of Narses (Persia/Iran) - by yellow, Kingdom of Armenia and Kingdom of Georgia - by pink, and the Empire of the Huns - by turquois. The map is a magnificent document and a treat for history buffs. See pictures for more details; click image to view larger version.

The map shows the Roman Empire of Diocletian. The empire was too great for one man to administer; nearly every week, either in Africa, or somewhere on the frontier that extended from Britain to the Persian Gulf, along the Rhine, the Danube, the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea), and the Euphrates, Diocletian was forced to suppress a revolt or stop an invasion. Diocletian, who was more attracted to administration, required a man who was both a soldier and a faithful companion to take responsibility for military defense. In 286 he chose Maximian, an Illyrian, the son of a peasant from the area around Sirmium. A little later, though still keeping Rome as the official capital, he chose two other residences. Maximian, who was responsible for the West, was installed at Milan in northern Italy, in order to prevent German invasions. Diocletian established himself at Nicomedia, in western Anatolia and close to the Persian frontier, in order to keep watch on the East. Six years later, in 293, having taken the title of "Augustus" and given it to Maximian as well, he added two more colleagues: Galerius, a former herdsman, and Constantius I Chlorus, a Dardanian nobleman according to the legend of his house, but a rather rude countryman also. These additional collaborators were each given the title "Caesar" and attached to an Augustus, Constantius to Maximian (with a residence in Trier), and Galerius to Diocletian himself (with a residence in Sirmium). Thus, while the empire remained a patrimonium indivisum (undivided inheritance), it was nevertheless divided administratively: Diocletian, residing in Nicomedia, watched over Thrace, Asia, and Egypt; Galerius, residing in Sirmium, watched over Illyria, the Danubian provinces, and Achaea; Maximian, residing in Milan, over Italy, Sicily, and Africa; and Constantius I Chlorus, residing in Trier, over Gaul, Spain, and Britain. All these divisions (called "prefectures") are clearly indicated on the map.

Narses was the king of the Sasanian Empire whose reign (293-302) saw the beginning of 40 years of peace with Rome. He was the youngest son of an earlier king, Shapur I. On the death of Bahram II (293), Narses, at that time viceroy of Armenia, successfully contested the succession of Bahram's son, Bahram III. Narses later antagonized Rome by occupying the independent portion of Armenia. In the following year he suffered a severe reversal, losing his war chest and his harem. He then concluded a peace (296), by the terms of which Armenia remained under Roman suzerainty, and the steppes of northern Mesopotamia, with Singara and the hill country on the left bank of the Tigris as far as Gordyene, were also ceded to the victors. In return Narses recovered his household. By this peace, which lasted for 40 years, the Sasanians withdrew completely from the disputed districts.

In 375 the Huns from Central Asia first attacked the Ostrogoths - an event that provoked serious disturbances among the eastern Germans. The Huns remained in the background, gradually subjugating many Germanic and other tribes. The terrified Goths and related tribes burst through the Danube frontier into the Roman Empire, and the Balkans became once again a battlefield for German armies. After the crushing defeat of the Romans at Adrianople (378), the empire was no longer in a position to drive all its enemies from its territories. Tribes that could no longer be expelled were settled within the empire as "allies". They received subsidies and in return supplied troops. The Germanization of the empire progressed, that of the army being nearly completed. None of the tribes, however, that had broken into the Balkans settled there. After the division of the empire in 395, the emperors at Constantinople did all in their power to drive the Germanic tribes away from the vicinity of the capital toward the Western Empire.

Engraved area is 11 3/8" x 17"; wide margins. Printed on laid paper. One centerfold - as issued. Original hand colored outline; decorative cartouche. The condition is good. Some age toning and foxing (mainly in the centerfold area and in margins), and two small creases in the lower margin (image is not affected). Will look great with a mat and frame.

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