Ancient Toponymy

This section of the site will contain as many as possible place-names from the classical sources, like Ptolemy (Ptol.), Strabo (Strab.), Pliny (Plin.), and the guide-books of the late antiquity. Other minor sources are Herodotus (Her.), Titus Livius (Liv.), Stephanus of Byzantium (Steph. Byz.), Tacitus (Tac.), Pomponius Mela (Mel.), etc.

The place-names are presented in their best attested, latinized form. The single page will include a short description of the place, the variants of the name, and a section on the etymology, that is opened to any comments, suggestions etc.

For better navigation, the place-names are grouped in some links pages (see below), corresponding more or less to the provinces of the Roman Empire or their major subdivisions. The links will be active when the single pages will be inserted.

Contents

List of toponyms
    Hispania
    • Baetica
    • Lusitania
    • Tarraconensis
    Gallia British Isles
    • Britannia
    • Hibernia
    Italia Italian Isles
    • Sardinia (54 entries) inserted February 16, 2004
    • Corsica
    • Sicilia (142 entries) inserted May 24, 2003
    Danube Frontier
    • Raetia (51 entries) inserted August 22, 2020
    • Noricum (60 entries) inserted September 25, 2019
    • Pannonia (102 entries) inserted September 19, 2008
    • Illyria (108 entries) inserted August 29, 2005
    Eastern Europe
    • Moesia
    • Dacia
    • Thracia
    Graecia
    • Epirus (113 entries) inserted August 21, 2011
    • Macedonia
    Northern Europe
    • Germania
    • Sarmatia
    • Scytia