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Latin Place Names
By country
Africa
Asia
Europe
Balkans
Britain
Continental and Ireland
Iberia
Italy and Malta
Serbia
By type
Cities
Countries
Exonyms
Mountains
Regions
Rivers
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This list includes the Roman names of countries, or significant regions, known to the Roman Empire.
Latin Name
English Name
Achaea[1]
Greece
Africa[2]
Tunisia
Aegyptus[3]
Egypt
Aethiopia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Albania
Georgia, Azerbaijan
Anatolia[4]
Turkey (East)
Anglia
England
Arabia[3]
Arabian peninsula
Ariana
Afghanistan, Iran (East) and Central Asia (West)
Armenia
Armenia
Armorica[5]
Brittany
Asia
Turkey (West)
Baetica[6]
Andalusia
Batavia
Part of the Netherlands
Belgae[3]
Belgium and the Netherlands
Bithynia
Turkey (North West)
Bohemia
Bohemia
Borussia
Prussia
Britannia[3]
Britain
Caledonia[3]
Scotland
Cambria
Wales
Cilicia
Turkey (South East)
Colchis
Georgia (Western)
Cornubia
Cornwall
Creta[3]
Crete
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyrenaica
Libya (East)
Dacia
Romania, Moldova
Dalmatia[7]
Montenegro
Dania
Denmark
Dalmatia
Croatia (South), Bosnia and Herzegovina (West and South)
D(i)ocle(ti)a
Montenegro
Dumnonia
Devon
Epirus
Epirus: composed of the Albanian South and Greek Epirus
Finnia
Finland
Foenicia or Phoenicia
Lebanon
Formosa
Taiwan
Galatia
Turkey (Central)
Gallaecia
Galicia and Portugal (North)
Gallia[3]
France
Germania[8]
Germany
Graecia[3]
Greece
Helvetia[9]
Switzerland
Hibernia[10]
Ireland
Hispania[3]
Spain
Hungaria
Hungary
Iberia[3]
Iberian peninsula
Iberia
Georgia (Eastern)
India
India and the Indian subcontinent
Islandia
Iceland
Illyria, Illyricum
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (South), Serbia (South West), Montenegro, Albania (North West)
Italia[3]
Italy
Iudaea[3]
Judea, Israel
Lappia
Lapland
Lechia, Polonia
Poland
Libani
Lebanon
Libya
Libya (Eastern), Egypt (Western)
Lituania
Belarus, Lithuania
Livonia
Estonia and Latvia
Lusitania
Portugal (Central and South)
Macedonia
Macedonia, Greek Macedonia
Mauretania
Morocco (North), Algeria (North West)
Melitae, Melitensium, Melitensis
Malta
Meridia
South Pacific[citation needed]
Moesia
Bulgaria, Serbia
Moravia
Moravia
Noricum
mainly Austria (South) and Slovenia (North)
Norvegia
Norway
Numidia
Algeria (North East)
Palaestina
Palestine
Pannonia
Hungary, Croatia (North), Slovenia (North East)
Parthia[3]
Iran
Phoenicia
Lebanon
Pontus
Turkey (North East)
Raetia
Switzerland (North)
Ruthenia
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
Sarmatia
Eastern Europe: Poland, Ukraine, Russia
Scandinavia
Scandinavian peninsula
Scotia
Ireland, Scotland
Scythia
Ukraine, South Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (East), Turkmenistan (North)
Scythia Minor
Dobruja
Seres, Sinae
China
Sicilia[3]
Sicily
Silesia
Silesia
Suecia
Sweden
Syria
Syria
Taprobane
Sri Lanka
Tarraconensis
Spain (North East)
Thracia
Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey
Tingitana
Morocco
Tripolitania
Libya
^Bunson, M. (1995) A Dictionary of the Roman Empire p.1. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510233-9. Retrieved November 2011
^Raven, S. (1993) Rome in Africa p.xxvi. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-08150-5. Retrieved November 2011
^ abcdefghijklmnHeimbach, E. (2010) A Roman Map Workbook p.26. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 0-86516-726-5 Retrieved November 2011
^Stafford-Deitsch, J. & Freely, J. (2010) Kingdoms of Ruin: The Art and Architectural Splendours of Ancient Turkey p.vii. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 1-84511-799-9. Retrieved November 2011
^Bunson, M. (1995) p.172.
^Bunson, M. (2002) Encyclopedia of the Roman empire p.62. Infobase Publishing ISBN 0-8160-4562-3
Retrieved November 2011
^Longley, N. (2009) The Rough Guide to Montenegro p.163. Dorling Kindersley Ltd. ISBN 1-85828-771-5. Retrieved November 2011
^Bunson, M. (1995) p.424.
^Burgan, M. (2009) Empire of Ancient Rome p.141. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 1-60413-159-4. Retrieved November 2011
^Bunson, M. (1995) p.206.
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