Geography of Ancient Rome
- Roman provinces
- Roman Britain
- Roman invasion of Britain
- List of Roman governors of Britain
- Roman road from London to Bath
- Roman sites in the United Kingdom
- Roman Egypt
- Roman Gaul
- Roman Greece
- Hispania
- Roman Judea
- Roman Jerusalem
- Macedonia
- Roman Britain
- Further information: Roman geographers
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