The Romans conquered much of Western Europe, southwestern Europe, North Africa and part of the Middle East. In Europe it stretched from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. The whole of the Mediterranean was part of the empire
The Roman Empire reached its greatest extent in 166 AD under emperor Trajan.. It covered the following modern day countries:
Western Europe: Italy, Malta, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland south of the river Rhine, southern Germany and part of central Germany, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Austria and England and Wales.
Eastern Europe:western Hungary, part of western Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and a slither of western Ukraine.
Asia: Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine, Jordan, and the northern part of the coast of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia. Sometimes the empire also included northern Iraq.
Africa: Egypt, the coastal part of Libya, Tunisia, the coastal part of Algeria, and northern Morocco.
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Starting from the completion of Rome's expansion into central and southern Italy in 290 BC, which started the growth of the Roman Empire, between 290 BC and 110 AD, the Romans conquered areas which are now covered by the following modern countries or parts of modern countries:
Western Europe: Italy, Malta, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland south of the river Rhine, southern Germany and part of central Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and England and Wales.
Eastern Europe: western Hungary, part of western Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria,most of Romania, Moldova and a slither of Ukraine
Asia: Turkey, Cyprus, Armenia, northern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine, Jordan, and the northern part of the coast of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia.
Africa: Egypt, the coastal part of Libya, Tunisia, the coastal part of Algeria, and northern Morocco.
This was all of the Romans conquests, except from the rest of Iraq, which was conquered by Trajan from the Persians in 116. His successor, Hadrian, gave this territory back to the Persians.
They conquered many areas around the Mediterranean Sea, places like Asia-Minor, the tip of Africa [Carthage], Greece, the two islands west of Rome, and some other territories down South.
Greek and Romans stuff was discovered in the Renaissance time period.
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Before the middle ages was Anquity (Greeks and Romans) and after the middle ages was the Renissance
If you assume that the Ancient Era ended with the sacking of Rome and the Modern Era began with the Rennaissance, then the period in between was the Medieval or "Dark" Ages. Dark because of the lack of written records from that period due to the low levels of literacy.
Before Egypt became unified under Narmer, there was the Pre-Dynastic period. Some people believe that hunters-and-gatherers migrated to the Nile Valley from present-day Israel many thousands of years ago. For more info, go to Wikipedia.