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
|
| 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
|
| Transylvania |
Romania, Hungary
|
| Tingitana |
Morocco
|
| Tripolitania |
Libya
|
References
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Heimbach, 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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