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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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