List of Latin names of countries
This list includes the Roman names of countries, or significant regions, known to the Roman Empire.
Latin Name | Current Name |
Achaea[1] | Greece |
Africa[2] | Tunisia |
Aegyptus[3] | Egypt |
Albania | Georgia, Azerbaijan |
Anatolia[4] |
Turkey (East) |
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 |
Epirus | Epirus: composed of the Albanian South and Greek Epirus |
Finnia | Finland |
Foenicia or Phoenicia | Lebanon |
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] | Mainland Italy |
Iudaea[3] | Judea, Israel |
Lappia | Lapland |
Lechia, Polonia | Poland |
Libani | Lebanon |
Libya | Eastern Libya, Western Egypt |
Lituania | Lithuania |
Livonia | Estonia and Latvia |
Lusitania | Portugal central and south |
Macedonia | Macedon: composed of the Republic of Macedonia and Greek Macedonia |
Mauretania | Morocco North, Algeria North West |
Melitae, Melitensium, Melitensis | Malta |
Moesia | Bulgaria, Serbia |
Moravia | Moravia |
Noricum | mainly Austria South and Slovenia North |
Norvegia | Norway |
Numidia | Algeria North East |
Palaestina | Israel |
Pannonia | Hungary, Croatia North, Slovenia North East |
Parthia[3] | Iran |
Phoenicia | Lebanon |
Polonia, Lechia | Poland |
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, East Uzbekistan, North Turkmenistan |
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 |
Tingitania | Morocco |
Tripolitana | 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 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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