An animated map showing the growth of Rome over the years from its start as a Republic and transformation into an Empire. It then splits into the Eastern Byzantine Empire and the Western Roman Empire before the eventual fall of the West in 476 AD. The Latin Empire arises from the sack of Constantinople in 1204 AD from the crusaders before the Eastern Empire rises again for a brief time before its demise.
Historian Franco Cavazzi dedicated hundreds of hours of his life to creating this website, roman-empire.net as a trove of educational material on this fascinating period of history. His work has been cited in a number of textbooks on the Roman Empire and mentioned on numerous publications such as the New York Times, PBS, The Guardian, and many more.