# Tabula Peutingeriana — Interactive Ancient Roman Road Map > Interactive zoomable viewer of the Tabula Peutingeriana — the world's most complete surviving Roman road map (c. 4th–5th century AD, medieval copy c. 1200 AD). Covers the Roman Empire and beyond, from Britain to India, with 4,393 annotated places and GPS-locate functionality. Free, no login required. URL: https://tabula-peutingeriana.com/ ## What is the Tabula Peutingeriana? The Tabula Peutingeriana (also: Peutinger Map / Peutingersche Tafel) is a medieval copy of a late-antique Roman road map. The surviving parchment scroll measures 6.75 metres long and 34 cm tall. It shows roads, distances in Roman miles (*milia passuum*), and over 3,500 named settlements across the entire known world of late antiquity — from the British Isles and the Atlantic coast in the west to India and Sri Lanka in the east. Three cities receive special pictorial treatment as enthroned figures: Rome, Constantinople, and Antioch — reflecting their supreme status in the late Roman world. The surviving copy dates to c. 1200 AD, made by a monk in Colmar (Alsace), likely from a Carolingian copy of a late-antique original. It has been held at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library) in Vienna since 1738. It is a UNESCO Memory of the World document (2007). Named after Konrad Peutinger (1465–1547), the Augsburg humanist who owned the map for decades. ## Viewer Features - **High-resolution zoomable map** — stitched 12-segment image, panned/zoomed with OpenSeadragon - **4,393 annotated places** with Latin names and modern equivalents: road stations, cities, rivers, mountains, islands, regions, Roman provinces, modern states, spas/thermal baths, temples, ports, lakes - **86% located** — 3,784 of 4,393 places have georeferenced modern coordinates - **Search** by Latin name or modern equivalent - **Wikipedia integration** — summaries and thumbnail images for located places - **Persistent GPS location marker** — the viewer locates you automatically on load and drops a permanent red "You are here" marker on the ancient map at your real position; works worldwide, shows edge direction for locations outside the map's coverage - **Independent "picked location" marker** — tap anywhere on the interactive modern map to drop a separate blue marker and navigate to that point's nearest ancient place, without disturbing your red GPS marker — compare two locations on the same ancient map at once - **"Follow" mode** — keep the real-world OpenStreetMap location map and the ancient Tabula view in sync as you explore either one; panning or zooming either map reframes the other to match, in both directions - **"Match" mode** — the Tabula leads: the location map always shows exactly what is visible on the Tabula, with a bright ring on every place; moving the location map sends the Tabula there first, then the location map settles on the Tabula's view - **OmnesViae Roman roads layer** — overlay the ancient road network on the modern location map - **Category filters** — filter by place type (road stations, cities, rivers, etc.) - **Segment navigation** — jump to any of the 12 segments by button - **Miller itineraria overlay** — toggle the 1887 K. Miller map overlay - **Links to academic databases** — TP-Online database of KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (tp-online.ku.de) and tabula-peutingeriana.de (M. Weber) ## Place Coverage by Type | Type | Total | Located | |---|---|---| | Road stations | 2,854 | 2,520 (88.3%) | | Cities | 493 | 491 (99.6%) | | Rivers | 252 | 187 (74.2%) | | Mountains | 162 | 44 (27.2%) | | Peoples / tribes | 148 | 135 (91.2%) | | Islands | 130 | 95 (73.1%) | | Regions | 108 | 97 (89.8%) | | Modern states | 46 | 46 (all) | | Roman provinces | 37 | 34 (91.9%) | | Spas / thermal baths | 41 | 41 (all) | | Water bodies | 34 | 22 (64.7%) | | Ports | 31 | 20 (64.5%) | | Temples | 31 | 29 (93.5%) | | Lakes | 25 | 22 (88.0%) | ## Geographic Coverage (Segments II–XII) Segment I (Britain west, Iberia, Atlantic Morocco) is lost. Segments II–XII survive intact. - **Segment II**: Iberian Peninsula, SE Britain, North Africa (Mauritania, NW Algeria) - **Segment III**: Southern Gaul, Italian Alps, North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia) - **Segments IV–V**: Italy (north and south), Dalmatia, Tunisia, Libya (Tripolitania) - **Segment VI**: Balkans, Greece, Adriatic coast, Libya (Tripolitania/Cyrenaica) - **Segments VII–VIII**: Aegean, Anatolia/Turkey, Greece, Egypt - **Segment IX**: Eastern Turkey (Pontus, Cappadocia), Syria, Palestine/Israel, Egypt, Arabian coast - **Segment X**: Central-eastern Turkey, Caucasus, Upper Mesopotamia - **Segment XI**: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Syria, Iraq, NW Iran - **Segment XII**: Persia (Iran), Central Asia, Indian subcontinent (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka) ## Data Sources - **Place database**: tabula-peutingeriana.de (M. Weber, Universität Freiburg) + tp-online.ku.de (TP-Online, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) - **Map image**: K. Miller, 1887 (Wikimedia Commons) — stitched high-resolution scan - **Roman road network**: OmnesViae (omnesviae.org) - **Modern coordinates**: Wikipedia API, Nominatim/OpenStreetMap, AI-assisted geocoding with web search - **Modern state boundaries**: Natural Earth ## Frequently Asked Questions **What is the Tabula Peutingeriana?** A medieval parchment copy (c. 1200 AD) of a late-antique Roman road map originally dating to the 4th–5th century AD. It is the most complete surviving Roman cartographic document, covering the entire Roman Empire and beyond. **Where is the Tabula Peutingeriana kept?** At the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library) in Vienna, Austria. It has been there since 1738. **How many places are on the Tabula Peutingeriana?** Approximately 3,500–4,400 named places depending on counting method. This viewer annotates 4,393 records (2,854 road stations plus cities, rivers, mountains, islands, provinces, peoples, etc.), of which 3,784 (86%) are geographically located. **Can I find my own location on the ancient Roman map?** Yes — this is the viewer's signature feature. It locates you automatically on load and drops a persistent red "You are here" marker on the Tabula Peutingeriana at your real GPS position, navigating straight to the nearest ancient Roman road station, city or province. You can also tap anywhere on the interactive modern map to drop a second, independent blue "Picked Location" marker, letting you compare your home to any other point on Earth on the same ancient map. Works for any location on Earth; locations outside the map's coverage get an edge direction marker. **Can the location map follow the ancient map as I explore it, or the other way round?** Yes. Switch on "Follow" (top-right button on the location map panel) and the two views stay linked in both directions: pan or zoom the Tabula Peutingeriana and the real-world location map reframes to the matching modern geography, and panning or zooming the location map moves the ancient map to match in return. Switch on "Match" (just below Follow) to let the Tabula lead instead: the location map then always shows exactly what is visible on the Tabula, with a bright green ring on every place, and moving the location map sends the Tabula there first before the location map settles on the Tabula's view. **What language is the map in?** Latin, with some Greek place names, especially in the eastern segments. **Is the viewer free?** Yes, completely free, open to all, no login required. **What happened to Segment I?** The first segment — covering Britain (except the southeast), the Iberian Peninsula, and the Atlantic coast of Morocco — was already lost by the 16th century. The remaining eleven segments (II–XII) survive intact. **Who was Konrad Peutinger?** A German humanist and collector (1465–1547) from Augsburg. The map is named after him because he owned it for decades and commissioned the first printed edition. He received it from Konrad Celtes, who had discovered it in 1494. ## Contact and Attribution - Site: https://tabula-peutingeriana.com/ - Author: three-mills.com - Contact: info@three-mills.com - Data attribution: tabula-peutingeriana.de (M. Weber) · tp-online.ku.de (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) · OmnesViae · OpenStreetMap contributors · K. Miller (1887) ## Spoken place stories (audio) 2662 places on the map tell their own story in a short spoken narration, in English and German (467 cities, 1279 road stations, 29 temples, 36 spas, 22 ports, 121 islands, 20 lakes, 34 seas, bays and waters, 241 rivers, 160 mountains, 148 peoples, 103 regions). Each explains what the name means, where the place lies today, how the Tabula draws it and one memorable detail from the scholarly record (TP-Online, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt). The texts are written with AI (Claude) and read by Google Chirp 3 HD voices (Vindemiatrix, Laomedeia). In the viewer, the info panel of such a place shows the text with a play button, and the "Auto-read" switch reads every opened place aloud. - English index: https://tabula-peutingeriana.com/places/ - German index: https://tabula-peutingeriana.com/de/orte/ - Every story has its own page, e.g. https://tabula-peutingeriana.com/places/ab-actia-nicopori-larissa-vsque-usque-milia-passuum-lxx-palaio-preveza-3477.html - Deep link into the map: https://tabula-peutingeriana.com/?place=; search: https://tabula-peutingeriana.com/?q=; guided tour: https://tabula-peutingeriana.com/?demo=1 The "Demo" button starts a narrated guided tour of the main features; the About panel also holds two short films.