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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