List of Rump States - Late Antiquity

Late Antiquity

• The Shu Han Dynasty of China as successor to the Han Dynasty, from the fall of the Han Dynasty in A.D. 221, until Shu's conquest by Cao Wei in A.D. 263.
• The Kushan Empire from c. AD 250 to its liquidation c. 450 by the Hephthalites.
• The Eastern Jin Dynasty of China as successor to the Western Jin Dynasty after the loss of its northern lands to the Mongolic Wu Hu peoples in AD 317 until 420, and then the Southern dynasties as its successors until the reconquest of the north by the Sui Dynasty in 589. (Map)
• The Western Roman Empire and its various territories after the barbarian invasions (AD 5th century).
• Silla in Korea during the Later Three Kingdoms
• The Roman-Moor Kingdoms in Northern Africa after the Western Roman Empire
• The Gupta Empire from the late AD 5th century until its dissolution c. 550.
• The Ostrogothic Kingdom from AD 535 until its conquest by the Eastern Roman Empire in 540.
• The Eastern Roman Empire from the Slavic, Avar, and Bulgar invasions of the Balkan Peninsula and the Persian invasions of eastern Asia Minor of the AD mid-6th century, particularly after its progressive loss of Italy to the Lombards starting in 565 and during the height of the Sassanid Empire in the early 7th century, when it lost most of its Asiatic lands and Egypt.
• The Sassanid Empire from AD 622 until the Arab conquest of Persia in 651. (Map)
• The Kingdom of Aksum in Ethiopia after the rise in Arab power in the 7th century.
• Tibet during the loss of its northern and western lands to Tang Dynasty China from c. 750 to 763.
• The Emirate of Córdoba as the restored successor to the Umayyad Caliphate after the loss of its Asian and most of its African lands to the Abbasids from 756 until 929, and then the Caliphate of Córdoba as its successor until its dissolution in 1031. See also Battle of the Zab.
• The Duchy of Benevento as successor to the Lombard Kingdom of Italy after the loss of its northern lands to the Franks in 774 until its division into the kingdoms of Capua and Salerno in 849.