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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
|
|
Tunisia
|
| Aegyptus[3] |
Egypt
|
| Aethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa
|
| Albania |
Georgia, Azerbaijan
|
| Anatolia[4]
|
Turkey (East)
|
| Anglia |
England
|
|
Arabian peninsula
|
| Ariana |
Afghanistan, Iran (East) and Central Asia (West)
|
| Armenia |
Armenia
|
| Armorica[5] |
Brittany
|
Asia |
Turkey (West)
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
Lebanon
|
Formosa |
Taiwan
|
| Galatia |
Turkey (Central)
|
| Gallaecia |
Galicia and Portugal (North)
|
|
France
|
| Germania[8] |
Germany
|
|
Greece
|
| Helvetia[9]
|
Switzerland
|
| Hibernia[10] |
Ireland
|
| Hispania[3] |
Spain
|
| Hungaria |
Hungary
|
|
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)
|
|
Italy
|
|
Judea, Israel
|
Lappia |
Lapland
|
|
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)
|
|
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 |
(North)
|
| Scythia Minor |
Dobruja
|
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
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- ^ Bunson, M. (1995) p.172.
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- ^ Bunson, M. (1995) p.424.
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- ^ Bunson, M. (1995) p.206.
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