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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 [citation needed
Moesia Bulgaria , Serbia
Moravia Moravia
Noricum mainly Austria (South) and Slovenia (North)
Norvegia Norway
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 Russia , 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
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