This list includes the Roman names of countries, or significant regions, known to the Roman Empire.
| Latin Name | Current Name |
|---|---|
| Achaea | Greece |
| Africa | Tunisia |
| Aegyptus | Egypt |
| Albania | Georgia, Azerbaijan |
| Anatolia | Turkey (East) |
| Arabia | Arabian peninsula |
| Ariana | Afghanistan, Iran (East) and Central Asia (West) |
| Armenia | Armenia |
| Armorica | Brittany |
| Asia | Turkey (West) |
| Baetica | Andalusia |
| Batavia | Part of the Netherlands |
| Belgae | Belgium and the Netherlands |
| Bithynia | Turkey (North West) |
| Bohemia | Czech Republic |
| Borussia | Prussia |
| Britannia | Britain |
| Caledonia | Scotland |
| Cambria | Wales |
| Cilicia | Turkey (South East) |
| Cornubia | Cornwall |
| Creta | Crete |
| Cyprus | Cyprus |
| Cyrenaica | Libya (East) |
| Dacia | Romania, Moldova |
| Dalmatia | Montenegro |
| Dania | Denmark |
| Dalmatia | Croatia South, Bosnia and Herzegovina West and South |
| D(i)ocle(ti)a | Montenegro |
| Epirus | Epirus: composed of the Albania South and Greek Epirus |
| Finnia | Finland |
| Foenicia or Phoenicia | Lebanon |
| Galatia | Turkey (Central) |
| Gallaecia | Galicia and Portugal north |
| Gallia | France |
| Germania | Germany |
| Graecia | Greece |
| Helvetia | Switzerland |
| Hibernia | Ireland |
| Hispania | Spain |
| Hungaria | Hungary |
| Iaponia | Japan |
| Iberia | Iberian peninsula |
| India | India and the Indian subcontinent |
| Islandia | Iceland |
| Illyria, Illyricum | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina South, Serbia South West, Montenegro, Albania North West |
| Italia | Mainland Italy |
| Iudaea | Judea |
| Lappia | Lapland |
| Lechia, Polonia | Poland |
| Libani | Lebanon |
| Libya | Eastern Libya, Western Egypt |
| Lituania | Lithuania |
| Livonia | Estonia and Latvia |
| Lusitania | Portugal central and south |
| Macedonia | Macedon: composed of the Republic of Macedonia and Greek Macedonia |
| Mauretania | Morocco North, Algeria North West |
| Melitae, Melitensium, Melitensis | Malta |
| Moesia | Bulgaria, Serbia |
| Noricum | mainly Austria South and Slovenia North |
| Norvegia | Norway |
| Numidia | Algeria North East |
| Palaestina | Israel, Palestine |
| Pannonia | Hungary, Croatia North, Slovenia North East |
| Parthia | Iran |
| Phoenicia | Lebanon |
| Polonia, Lechia | Poland |
| Pontus | Turkey North East |
| Raetia | Switzerland North |
| Ruthenia | Russia, Ukraine, Belarus |
| Sarmatia | Eastern Europe: Poland, Ukraine, Russia |
| Scandinavia | Scandinavian peninsula |
| Scotia | Scotland |
| Seres, Sinae | China |
| Sicilia | Sicily |
| Suecia | Sweden |
| Syria | Syria |
| Scythia | Ukraine |
| Scythia Minor | Dobruja |
| Tarraconensis | Spain North East |
| Tartaria | Russia, Tartary |
| Thracia | Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey |
| Tingitania | Morocco |
| Tripolitana | Libya |
Famous quotes containing the words latin, names and/or countries:
“Whither goest thou?”
—Bible: New Testament Peter, in John, 13:36.
The words, which are repeated in John 16:5, are best known in the Latin form in which they appear in the Vulgate: Quo vadis? Jesus replies, “Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.”
“In a time of confusion and rapid change like the present, when terms are continually turning inside out and the names of things hardly keep their meaning from day to day, it’s not possible to write two honest paragraphs without stopping to take crossbearings on every one of the abstractions that were so well ranged in ornate marble niches in the minds of our fathers.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)