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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
Moesia Bulgaria , Serbia
Moravia Moravia
Noricum mainly Austria (South) and Slovenia (North)
Norvegia Norway
Nova Celia
New Zealand
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 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
References [ edit ]
^ 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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