List of ancient place names and geographical names / Ar

Latin name	Greek name	description	today	Sources and References
Macaw lugdunensis				Smith ;
Ara Ubiorum		Roman sanctuary in the oppidum ubiorum	Cologne city center, probably near Alt St. Alban and Gürzenich	Smith ;
Arabia				Smith ;
Arabia Deserta	ἡ ἔρημος Ἀρξία (hē erēmos Arxia)	syrian desert		Smith ;
Arabia Felix	Ἀραβία εὐδαίμων (Arabia eudaimōn)	Arabian Peninsula , especially the southwest with today's Yemen		Smith ;
Arabia Petraea		Province of the Roman Empire, encompassing the territory of the former Nabatean Empire
Arabiae				Smith ;
Arabicus Sinus		Sea between Arabia and Aegyptus	Red Sea	Smith ;
Arabis	Ἄραβις (Arabis)	River in Gedrosien		Smith ;
Arabitae				Smith ;
Arabrica				Smith ;
Aracca				Smith ;
Araceli		City of the Vaskonen in Tarraconensis, Hispania	Huarte Araquil west of Pamplona in the province of Navarre	Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4; Itin. Ant. P. 455; Smith ;
Arachnaeum	Ἀραχναῖον (Arachnaion)	Mountains in the Argolis	Arachnaion	Smith ;
Arachosia				Smith ;
Arachoti Fons				Smith ;
Arachotus				Smith ;
Arachthus				Smith ;
Aracia				Smith ;
Aracillum				Smith ;
Aracynthus				Smith ;
Arad	Ἀράδ (Arad)	Canaanite city in southern Palestine	near today's Arad in Israel	PECS ; Smith ;
Araden				Smith ;
Aradus	Ἄραδος (Arados)	Island and port off the Phoenician coast	Aruad off the Syrian coast	PECS ; RE ; Smith (1) ;
Aradus	Ἄραδος (Arados)	Island in the Persian Gulf	al-Muharraq off the coast of Bahrain	RE ; Smith (2) ;
Arae Alexandri				Smith ;
Arae Flaviae		Location in Germania superior	Rottweil in Baden-Württemberg	PECS ; Pleiades ;
Arae hesperi				Smith ;
Arae Philaenortum				Smith ;
Arae Sestianae				Smith ;
Araethyrea				Smith ;
Aragus				Smith ;
Arainus				Smith ;
Aramaei				Smith ;
Arandis	Ἀρανδίς (Arandis)	City of the Celtics (Celtici) in Lusitania	Ourique in Portugal	Ptol. 2.5.6; It. Ant. P. 426; Plin. Nat. 4.22. s. 35; Smith ;
Arandunum		Location in southern Gaul	possibly Calvisson in the south of France	PECS ; Pleiades ;
Arangas				Smith ;
Arantia				Smith ;
Araphs	Ἀραφήν (Araphēn)	Attic demos of the phyle Aigeus	Rafina in Greece	PECS ; RE ; Smith ;
Arar , Araris	Ἄραρ (Arar), Ἄραρις (Araris)	River in Gaul	Saône in France	Smith ;
Ararus				Smith ;
Aratispi				Smith ;
Arauris				Smith ;
Arausio	Ἀραυσίων (Arausiōn)	City of the Cavari north of Arelate in Gaul	Orange in the south of France	PECS ; RE ; Smith ;
Aravi				Smith ;
Aravisci				Smith ;
Araxa	Ἄραξα (Araxa)	City in the north of the Xanthos valley in Lycia	at today's Ören in Turkey	Pleiades ; Smith ;
Araxates				Smith ;
Araxes	Ἀράξης (Araxēs)	River in Armenia	Macaws in the Middle East	Smith (1) ;
Araxes	Ἀράξης (Araxēs)	River in the Persis	Kor , tributary of Lake Bakhtegan in Iran	Strab. xv. p.729; Curt. 5.4; Smith (2) ;
Araxes	Ἀράξης (Araxēs)	another name of Jaxartes in Scythia	Syr Darya in Central Asia	Strab. xi. p.512 .; Smith (3) ;
Araxes	Ἀράξης (Araxēs)	River in asia	possibly the Chabur	Xen. Anab. 1.4.19; Smith (4) ;
Araxus				Smith ;
Arba		Liburnian Island	Rab in front of Croatia	Smith ;
Arbaca				Smith ;
Arbace				Smith ;
Arbalo				Smith ;
Arbeia		Roman fortress in Britain at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall	South Shields in England	Pleiades ; RE ; Smith ;
Arbela	Ἄρβηλα (Arbēla)	City in eastern Assyria	Erbil in Iraq	Smith (1) ;
Arbela	Ἄρβηλα (Arbēla)	fortified settlement in Galilee	Irbid in Jordan	Smith (2) ;
Arbela	Ἄρβηλα (Arbēla)	Village in the Jezreel Valley		Eusebius of Caesarea onomasticon 14:20;
Arbelitis				Smith ;
Arbiti Montes				Smith ;
Arbocala				Smith ;
Arbon	Ἄρβων (Arbōn)	City in Illyria		Pleiades ; RE ;
Arbor Felix		Border fort in Raetia , on the south bank of Lacus Brigantinus	Arbon on Lake Constance	PECS ; Pleiades ; RE ;
Arca , Caesarea	Ἄρκη (Arkē), Ἄρκαι (Arkai)	City in Phenicia , birthplace of Severus Alexander	Arqa in northern Lebanon	Smith ;
Arcadia	Ἀρκαδία (Arkadia)	City in Crete		Smith ;
Arcadia	Ἀρκαδία (Arkadia)	Arcadia , a landscape of the Peloponnese		Smith ;
Arcesine				Smith ;
Arceuthus				Smith ;
Archabis				Smith ;
Archaeopolis				Smith ;
Archandrotpolis				Smith ;
Archelais				Smith ;
Arci				Smith ;
Arcidava	Ἀργίδαυα (Argidaua)	Place in Dacia	Vărădia in Romania	PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ;
Arcobriga				Smith ;
Arconnesus				Smith ;
Ardabda				Smith ;
Ardanis				Smith ;
Ardea	Ἀρδέα (Ardea)	City of the Rutulians in Lazio	Ardea , 36 km south of Rome	PECS ; Smith ;
Ardea	Ἄρδεα (Ardea)	City in Persia, southwest of Persepolis		Ptol. 11.4.5; Ammian. 23.6; Smith ;
Ardelica				Smith ;
Ardericca				Smith ;
Ardettus				Smith ;
Ardiaei				Smith ;
Ardobrica				Smith ;
Ardotalia		Roman fortress in Britain	Melandra Castle , west of Glossop in Derbyshire , England	PECS ; Pleiades ;
Arduenna				Smith ;
Ardyes				Smith ;
Area				Smith ;
Arebrigium				Smith ;
Arecomici				Smith ;
Aregenua , Aregenoua		Capital of the Viducassen in Gaul	Vieux in the Calvados department in France	PECS ; Pleiades ;
Areiopagus				Smith ;
Arelate	Ἀρελάτη (Arelatē)	City of the Ligurians in Gallia Narbonensis	Arles in the south of France	PECS ; RE ; Smith ;
Aremorica , Armorica		north-western coast of Gaul between Sequana ( Seine ) and Liger ( Loire )	Normandy and Brittany
Arenacum				Smith ;
Arenae Montes				Smith ;
Arenas	Ἀρήνη (Arēnē)	City in Messenia		Smith ;
Arenas	Ἀρήνη (Arēnē)	Source at Lepreon in Triphylia
Areon				Smith ;
Areopolis		City in Moab	15 kilometers north of Kerak in Jordan	PECS ; Smith ;
Arethusa	Ἀρέθουσα (Arethousa)	City in Syria		Smith (1) ;
Arethusa	Ἀρέθουσα (Arethousa)	Lake in Armenia		Smith (2) ;
Arethusa	Ἀρέθουσα (Arethousa)	Source at Syracusae	Fonte Aretusa in the port of Syracuse	Smith (3) ;
Arethusa	Ἀρέθουσα (Arethousa)	Source near Chalkis on Euboea		Smith (4) ;
Arethusa	Ἀρέθουσα (Arethousa)	Source on Ithaca , the island of Odysseus	Speculatively identified with the Perapigadi spring 5 km southeast of Vathy on what is now Ithaca	Smith (5) ;
Arethusa	Ἀρέθουσα (Arethousa)	City in Mygdonia in Macedonia		Smith (6) ;
Aretias	Ἀρητιάς (Arētias)	Island off the coast of Pontus	Giresun Adası in the Black Sea , northeast of Giresun	Smith ;
Areva		Tributary of the Durius in the Hispania Tarraconensis	probably the Rio Ucero near Ucero in the province of Soria in Spain	Smith ;
Arevaci				Smith ;
Argaeus				Smith ;
Argamum	Όργάμη (orgamē)	City in the mouth of the Danubius	in Dobruja in the Danube Delta , on the territory of the Jurilovca municipality , Tulcea County , Romania	PECS ; Pleiades ;
Arganthonius				Smith ;
Argaricus Sinus				Smith ;
Argennum				Smith ;
Argenomesci				Smith ;
Argentaria				Smith ;
Argentarius Mons				Smith ;
Argentarius Mons				Smith ;
Argente				Smith ;
Argentea Regio				Smith ;
Argenteus		River in the Gallia Narbonensis		Smith ;
Argentomagus		Oppidum of the Biturigians in Gaul	Saint-Marcel in the Indre department in France	PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ;
Argentoratum , Argentoratus, Stratisburgium, Strataburgum	Ἀργέντωρ (Argentōr)	Roman city in the Germania superior	Strasbourg in Alsace	Smith ;
Argentovaria				Smith ;
Argidava				Smith ;
Argilus				Smith ;
Arginusae				Smith ;
Argippaei				Smith ;
Argissa				Smith ;
Argita				Smith ;
Argithea				Smith ;
Argivi				Smith ;
Argob				Smith ;
Argolic sine				Smith ;
Argolis	Ἀργολίς (Argolis)	North-east of the Peloponnese , in the narrower sense around Argos		Smith ;
Argos	Ἄργος (Argos)	City in the northeast of the Peloponnese , center of the Mycenaean culture	Argos	PECS ; Smith ;
Argos Amphilochicum	Ἄργος τὸ Ἀμφιλοχικόν (Argos to Amphilochicon)	City on the Ambracian Gulf in Akarnania		PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ;
Argos hippium		see Arpi
Argos Ippatum		Place in Epirus		PECS ; Pleiades ;
Argos Oresticum	Ἄργος Ὀρεστικόν (Argos Orestikon)	Place in Macedonia		Pleiades ; Smith ;
Argos Pelasgicum	Ἄργος Πελασγικόν (Argos Pelasgikon)	Homeric city or region in Thessaly		Pleiades ; Smith ;
Argous Portus				Smith ;
Argura	Ἄργουρα (Argoura), Ἄργισσα (Argissa)	City in the Pelasgiotis in Thessaly	west of Larissa in Greece	PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith (1) ;
Argura	Ἄργουρα (Argoura), Ἄργουσα (Argousa)	City on Euboea		Smith (2) ;
Argyphea				Smith ;
Argyra				Smith ;
Argyre				Smith ;
Argyria				Smith ;
Argyrini				Smith ;
Argyripa		see Arpi
Aria	Ἄρια (Aria)	Persian satrapy , land of the Aryans	corresponds roughly to the province of Herat in Afghanistan	Smith ;
Aria Civitas				Smith ;
Aria insula				Smith ;
Aria Lacus				Smith ;
Ariaca				Smith ;
Ariaca				Smith ;
Ariacae				Smith ;
Arialbinnum				Smith ;
Arialdinum				Smith ;
Ariana	Ἀριανή (Arianē)	Iranian highlands		Smith ;
Ariaspae				Smith ;
Ariassus	Ἀριασσός (Ariassus)	City in Pisidia	near Yürükbademlisi in Turkey	PECS ; Smith ;
Arichi				Smith ;
Aricia	Ἀρικία (Arikia)	City in Lazio on the Appian Way	Ariccia	PECS ; Smith ;
Ariconium		Place in Britain	at Weston under Penyard in Herefordshire , England	PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ;
Arigaeum				Smith ;
Arii				Smith ;
Arimaspi				Smith ;
Arimathea				Smith ;
Ariminum	Ἀρίμινον (Ariminon)	City in Umbria	Rimini on the Adriatic	PECS ; Smith ;
Arimphaei				Smith ;
Arinchi				Smith ;
Ariolica				Smith ;
Aris	Ἄρις (Aris)	River in Messenia , tributary of the Pamisus	Aris	Smith ;
Arisba				Smith ;
Aristerae				Smith ;
Aristonautae	Ἀριστοναῦται (Aristonautai)	Port of Pellene	Xylokastro on the north coast of the Peloponnese	Pleiades ; Smith (1) ;
Aritium Praetorium				Smith ;
Arius	Ἀριός (Arios)	River in the satrapy Aria	Hari Rud in Afghanistan and Turkmenistan	Smith ;
Arizanti				Smith ;
Armenia	Ἀρμενία (Armenia)	Armenia Minor and Armenia Maior	see history of Armenia	Smith ;
Armeniae Pylae				Smith ;
Armenium				Smith ;
Armoniacus				Smith ;
Armorici				Smith ;
Armosota				Smith ;
Armozon Prom				Smith ;
Arna	Ἄρνα (Arna)	City in Umbria	near Civitella d'Arna on a hill above the Tiber east of Perugia	Smith ;
Arnae				Smith ;
Arne	Ἄρνη (Arnē)	City in Thessaly	at Sophades in western Thessaly	Smith (1) ;
Arne	Ἄρνη (Arnē)	Place in Boeotia , mentioned by Homer		Smith (2) ;
Arneae	Ἀρνεαί (Arneai)	City in Lycia	near Ernez in Turkey	PECS ; Smith ;
Arnissa	Ἀρνισσα (Arnissa)	City in Macedonia		PECS ; Smith ;
Arnon	Ἀρνὠν (Arnōn)	Border river of Moab in the Bible	Wadi al-Mujib in Jordan	Smith ;
Arnus				Smith ;
Aroanius				Smith ;
Aroe				Smith ;
Aroer				Smith ;
Aromata Promontorium				Smith ;
Arosapes				Smith ;
Arosis				Smith ;
Arotrebae				Smith ;
Arpi , Argos Hippium	Ἄρποι (Arpoi), Ἀργύριππα (Argyrippa)	City of the Daunians in Apulia	near Foggia	PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ;
Arpinum	Ἄρπινα (Arpina)	City of the Volscians in Lazio	Arpino in the province of Frosinone	PECS ; Smith ;
Arra				Smith ;
Arrabo	Ἀραβών (Arabōn)	Tributary of the Danubius	Raab , tributary of the Danube	Pleiades ; Smith (1) ;
Arrabon				Smith ;
Arrabona		Fort on the Limes Pannonicus	Győr in Hungary	PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith (2) ;
Arrechi				Smith ;
Arretium	Ἀρρήτιον (Arrētion)	City in Etruria	Arezzo in Tuscany	PECS ; Smith ;
Arrhapachitis				Smith ;
Arrhene				Smith ;
Arrhiana				Smith ;
Arriaca				Smith ;
Arrubium , arubium		Place in Moesia inferior	Măcin in the Romanian Dobruja	PECS ; Pleiades ;
Arsa				Smith ;
Arsa				Smith ;
Arsada		City in Lycia	Arsaköy in the Muğla Province of Turkey	PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ;
Arsameia		City in Kommagene on the Euphrates	Gerger Kalesi at Gerger in Turkey	Pleiades ;
Arsameia	(Arsameia pros Nymphaio)	City on Nymphaios in Commagene	Eski Kale (Old Castle) near Kocahisar (formerly Eski Kahta), Kahta County in Adıyaman Province in Turkey	PECS ;
Arsamosata				Smith ;
Arsanias	Ἀρσανίας: (Arsanias)	Tributary of the Euphrates	Murat	Smith ;
Arsanus				Smith ;
Arsenaria				RE ; Smith ;
Arsene				Smith ;
Arsesa				Smith ;
Arsia				Smith ;
Arsia Silva				Smith ;
Arsiana				Smith ;
Arsinarium				Smith ;
Arsinoe	Ἀρσινόη (arsinoē)	Capital of the Nomos Heroonpolis , port city on the Gulf of Heroonpolis ( Gulf of Suez ) on the Red Sea		Smith (1) ;
Arsinoe , Crocodilopolis	Ἀρσινόη (Arsinoē), Κροκοδείλων πόλις (Krokodeilōn polis)	Capital of the Nomos Arsinoites, between the west bank of the Nile and Lake Moeris	Madinat al-Fayyum	Smith (2) ;
Arsinoe	Ἀρσινόη (arsinoē)	City on the Red Sea in the Troglodytica region		Strab. xvi. p.769; Smith (3) ;
Arsinoe	Ἀρσινόη (arsinoē)	City in Aithiopia , at the entrance to the Red Sea	near the Bab al-Mandab	Strab. xvi. p.773; Mela, 3.8; Plin. Nat. 6.34; Ptol. 4.5.14; Pleiades ; Smith (4) ;
Arsinoe	Ἀρσινόη (arsinoē)	City on the coast of Kilikia Tracheia	on the coast east of Bozyazı in Turkey	Pleiades ; Smith (8) ;
Arsinoe	Ἀρσινόη (arsinoē)	City in Crete	near Limenas Chersonisou	Smith (5) ;
Arsinoe	Ἀρσινόη (arsinoē)	City in southeastern Cyprus	Famagusta	PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith (6) ;
Arsinoe	Ἀρσινόη (arsinoē)	City in northwestern Cyprus	Polis Chrysochous in the Paphos district , near the capital of the Marion Kingdom	PECS ; Pleiades ;
Arsinoe	Ἀρσινόη (arsinoē)	City in southwestern Cyprus	on the coast south of Paphos	Pleiades ;
Arsinoe	Ἀρσινόη ἐν Αὐλῶνι (Arsinoē en Aulōni)	Place in Palestine	in the Jordan Valley , in the Bekaa Plain or in Wadi Arabah	Pleiades ;
Arsinoe		see Conope
Arsinoe		see Coressia
Arsinoe		see Methana
Arsinoe		see Patara
Arsinoe		see Tauchira
Arsinoeia		see Ephesus
Arsissa				Smith ;
Artabia				Smith ;
Artabri				Smith ;
Artabrorum Portus				Smith ;
Artabrorum Sinus				Smith ;
Artabrum Prom				Smith ;
Artacana				Smith ;
Artace				Smith ;
Artacene				Smith ;
Artacoana				Smith ;
Artaea				Smith ;
Artageira				Smith ;
Artagera				Smith ;
Artamis				Smith ;
Artanes				Smith ;
Artanissa				Smith ;
Artaunum	Ἄρταυνον (Artaunon)	Place in Germania	possibly the heather drink oppidum near Oberursel	Smith ;
Artaxata	Ἀρτάξατα (Artaxata), Ἀρταξιάσατα (Artaxiasata)	Capital of Armenia maior , on the banks of the Araxes	Artashat in the Armenian province of Ararat	PECS ; Smith ;
Artemisium	Ἀρτεμίσιον (Artemision)	Fortress in Macedonia , of Justinian I built		Smith (3) ;
Artemisium	Ἀρτεμίσιον (Artemision)	Mountain in the Peloponnese		Pleiades ; Smith (2) ;
Artemisium	Ἀρτεμίσιον (Artemision)	Cape on the north coast of Evia, site of the Battle of Artemision		PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith (3) ;
Artemisium	Ἀρτεμίσιον (Artemision)	Cape in Caria	Akça Burnu south of Dalaman on the Turkish coast	Pleiades ; Smith (4) ;
Artemisium		see Dianium
Artemita
Artemita				Smith ;
Artena		City of the Volscians, 404 BC Chr. Destroyed	Monte Fortino in the province of Rome was renamed Artena in 1873 due to an uncertain identification	Smith (1) ;
Artena		City in Etruria between Caere and Veji	not localized	Smith (2) ;
Artigi				Smith ;
Artiscus	Ἀρτισκός (Artiskos)	River in Odrysia , tributary of the Hebros	Arda , tributary of the Mariza	Smith ;
Artymnesus				Smith ;
Artynia				Smith ;
Arualtes				Smith ;
Aruci				Smith ;
Arunda				Smith ;
Arupium		Place of the Japods in Illyria	Prozor in Croatia	Smith ;
Arusini Campi				Smith ;
Arutela		Roman fort in Dacia	Călimăneşti in Romania	PECS ; Pleiades ;
Arva		Town in Hispania Baetica on the right bank of the Baetis	near Cordoba	Smith ;
Arvad				Smith ;
Arvarni				Smith ;
Arverni				Smith ;
Arvii				Smith ;
Arxata				Smith ;
Arycanda	Ἀρύκανδα (Arykanda)	City in Lycia	32 km north of Finike in the province of Antalya	PECS ; Smith ;
Arymphaei				Smith ;
Arzanene	Ἀρζανηνή (Arzanēnē), Ἀρξάνη (Arxanē)	Region of Armenia maior	between the upper reaches of the Tigris and Lake Van	Smith ;
Arzen				Smith ;