List of Latin names of countries

This list includes the Roman names of countries, or significant regions, known to the Roman Empire.

Latin NameEnglish Name
Achaea[1]Greece
Africa[2]Tunisia
Aegyptus[3]Egypt
AethiopiaSub-Saharan Africa
AlbaniaGeorgia, Azerbaijan
Anatolia[4] Turkey (East)
AngliaEngland
Arabia[3]Arabian peninsula
ArianaAfghanistan, Iran (East) and Central Asia (West)
ArmeniaArmenia
Armorica[5]Brittany
AsiaTurkey (West)
Baetica[6]Andalusia
BataviaPart of the Netherlands
Belgae[3]Belgium and the Netherlands
BithyniaTurkey (North West)
BohemiaBohemia
BorussiaPrussia
Britannia[3]Britain
Caledonia[3]Scotland
CambriaWales
CiliciaTurkey (South East)
ColchisGeorgia (Western)
CornubiaCornwall
Creta[3]Crete
CyprusCyprus
CyrenaicaLibya (East)
DaciaRomania, Moldova
Dalmatia[7]Montenegro
DaniaDenmark
DalmatiaCroatia (South), Bosnia and Herzegovina (West and South)
D(i)ocle(ti)aMontenegro
DumnoniaDevon
EpirusEpirus: composed of the Albanian South and Greek Epirus
FinniaFinland
Foenicia or PhoeniciaLebanon
FormosaTaiwan
GalatiaTurkey (Central)
GallaeciaGalicia and Portugal (North)
Gallia[3]France
Germania[8]Germany
Graecia[3]Greece
Helvetia[9] Switzerland
Hibernia[10]Ireland
Hispania[3]Spain
HungariaHungary
Iberia[3]Iberian peninsula
IberiaGeorgia (Eastern)
IndiaIndia and the Indian subcontinent
IslandiaIceland
Illyria, IllyricumCroatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (South), Serbia (South West), Montenegro, Albania (North West)
Italia[3]Italy
Iudaea[3]Judea, Israel
LappiaLapland
Lechia, PoloniaPoland
LibaniLebanon
LibyaLibya (Eastern), Egypt (Western)
LituaniaBelarus, Lithuania
LivoniaEstonia and Latvia
LusitaniaPortugal (Central and South)
MacedoniaMacedonia, Greek Macedonia
MauretaniaMorocco (North), Algeria (North West)
Melitae, Melitensium, MelitensisMalta
Meridia South Pacific
MoesiaBulgaria, Serbia
MoraviaMoravia
Noricummainly Austria (South) and Slovenia (North)
NorvegiaNorway
Nova Celia New Zealand
NumidiaAlgeria (North East)
PalaestinaPalestine
PannoniaHungary, Croatia (North), Slovenia (North East)
Parthia[3]Iran
PhoeniciaLebanon
PontusTurkey (North East)
RaetiaSwitzerland (North)
RutheniaUkraine, Belarus
SarmatiaEastern Europe: Poland, Ukraine, Russia
ScandinaviaScandinavian peninsula
ScotiaIreland, Scotland
ScythiaUkraine, South Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (East), Turkmenistan (North)
Scythia MinorDobruja
Seres, SinaeChina
Sicilia[3]Sicily
SilesiaSilesia
SueciaSweden
SyriaSyria
TaprobaneSri Lanka
TarraconensisSpain (North East)
ThraciaGreece, Bulgaria, Turkey
TingitanaMorocco
TripolitaniaLibya

References

  1. Bunson, M. (1995) A Dictionary of the Roman Empire p.1. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510233-9. Retrieved November 2011
  2. Raven, S. (1993) Rome in Africa p.xxvi. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-08150-5. Retrieved November 2011
  3. Heimbach, E. (2010) A Roman Map Workbook p.26. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 0-86516-726-5 Retrieved November 2011
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  5. Bunson, M. (1995) p.172.
  6. Bunson, M. (2002) Encyclopedia of the Roman empire p.62. Infobase Publishing ISBN 0-8160-4562-3 Retrieved November 2011
  7. Longley, N. (2009) The Rough Guide to Montenegro p.163. Dorling Kindersley Ltd. ISBN 1-85828-771-5. Retrieved November 2011
  8. Bunson, M. (1995) p.424.
  9. Burgan, M. (2009) Empire of Ancient Rome p.141. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 1-60413-159-4. Retrieved November 2011
  10. Bunson, M. (1995) p.206.
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