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 |
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