List of ancient place names and geographical names / Ma

Latin name	Greek name	description	today	Sources and References	location
Maacah				Smith ;
Maarath				Smith ;
Maarsares				Smith ;
Maatha				Smith ;
Mabog				Smith ;
Macae				Smith ;
Macae				Smith ;
Macalla				Smith ;
Macanitae				Smith ;
Macaras				Smith ;
Macareae				Smith ;
Macaria				Smith ;
Macaria				Smith ;
Macatutae				Smith ;
Macchurebi				Smith ;
Maccocalingae				Smith ;
Maccurae				Smith ;
Macedonia	Μακεδονία  (Macedonia)	Country in the north of Hellas	essentially parts of northern Greece , south-western Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia	Smith ;
Macella				Smith ;
Macephracta				Smith ;
Macestus	Μάκεστος  (Makestos)	Tributary of the Rhyndakos	Simav Çayı	Smith ;
Maceta				Smith ;
Macetae				Smith ;
Machaerus	Μαχαιρούς  (Machairous)	Fortress in Judaea	east of the Dead Sea in Jordan	Smith ;
Machaetegi				Smith ;
Machelones				Smith ;
Machlyes				Smith ;
Machures				Smith ;
Machusii				Smith ;
Machyni				Smith ;
Macina				Smith ;
Macistus				Smith ;
Macna				Smith ;
Macoraba				Smith ;
Macra	Μάκρης  (macrēs)	River in Northern Italy	Magra in Italy	Smith ;
Macra Come				Smith ;
Macris	Μάκρις  (Makris)	small island off the coast of Lydia			38 ° 2 '  N , 26 ° 52'  E
Macris		see Helena
Macrobii				Smith ;
Macrocephali				Smith ;
Macron Teichos				Smith ;
Macrones				Smith ;
Macropogones				Smith ;
Mactorium				Smith ;
Macum				Smith ;
Macurebi				Smith ;
Macynia				Smith ;
Macynium				Smith ;
Madai		Biblical designation of a landscape, probably media		Smith ;
Madaura , Madurus	Μάδουρος  (Madouros), Μάδαυρος  (Madauros)	City in northern Numidia	near M'Daourouch in the extreme northeast of Algeria in the province of Constantine	Smith ;
Madeba				Smith ;
Madethubadus				Smith ;
Madia	Μαδία  (Madia)	Place in Colchis		Smith ;
Madis				Smith ;
Madmanna				Smith ;
Madmenah				Smith ;
Madoce				Smith ;
Maduateni				Smith ;
Madurus		see Madaura
Madytus	Μαδυτός  (Madytos)	City on the Thracian Chersonese	Eceabat on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey	Smith ;
Maea				Smith ;
Meander				Smith ;
Meander				Smith ;
Maeandropolis				Smith ;
Maeatae	Μαιάται			Smith ;
Maedi	Μαιδοί  (Maidoi)	Thracian tribal association on the middle course of the Strymon	on the middle reaches of the Struma in northern Greece	Smith ;
Maenaca				Smith ;
Maenalus				Smith ;
Maenariae insulae				Smith ;
Maenoba				Smith ;
Maenoba				Smith ;
Maenobora				Smith ;
Maeonia				Smith ;
Maeotae				Smith ;
Maeotis Palus				Smith ;
Maepha				Smith ;
Maera				Smith ;
Maesia Silva				Smith ;
Maesolia				Smith ;
Maesolus				Smith ;
Magaba				Smith ;
Magabula				Smith ;
Magarsa				Smith ;
Magdala	Μαγδαλά  (Magdala)	City in Galilee	Migdal in Israel	Smith ;
Magdolum				Smith ;
Magelli				Smith ;
Magetobria				Smith ;
Magi		median tribe		Smith ;
Magiovintum				Smith ;
Magna Graecia	μεγάλη Ἑλλάς  (megalē Hellas)	Greek colonization areas in southern Italy and Sicily		Smith ;
Magnata				Smith ;
magnesia	Μαγνησία  (Magnēsia)	City in Thessaly		Smith ;
Magnesia ad Maeandrum	Μαγνησία ἐπὶ Μαιάνδρῳ  (Magnēsia epi Maiandrō)	City in Ionia	in the plane of the meander (Turkish Büyük Menderes ) on the road from Selçuk to Söke in Turkey	Smith (1) ;
Magnesia ad Sipylum	Μαγνησία  (Magnēsia)	City in Lydia	Manisa in Turkey	Smith (2) ;
Magnis		City in Britain	near Kenchester in Herefordshire in England	Smith (1) ;
Magnis		Roman fortress on Hadrian's Wall	at Carvoran in the parish of Greenhead in Northumberland	Smith (2) ;
Magnopolis				Smith ;
Magnum Prom				Smith ;
Magnum Promontory				Smith ;
Magnum Promontory				Smith ;
Magnus Portus				Smith ;
Magnus sine				Smith ;
Mago		City on Balearis minor	Maó , the capital of Menorca	Smith ;
Magon	Μαγῶν  (Magōn)	right tributary of the Ganges	Mohana , flows about 25 km west of Munger (city) in the state of Bihar in India	Smith ;
Magontiacum				Smith ;
Magoras				Smith ;
Magorum Sinus				Smith ;
Magrada				Smith ;
Magydus	Μάγυδος  (Magydos)	City in Pamphylia	Lara Manastır in Turkey	Smith ;
Mahanaim				Smith ;
Corn	Μαϊς  (corn)	Tributary of the Ganges		Smith ;
Makkedah				Smith ;
Mala	Μάλα  (Mala), Μάλη  (Malē)	City in Colchis		Smith ;
Mala		Mountain in the area of Gangra in Paphlagonia	Area of Çankırı in Turkey
Malaca				Smith ;
Malachath				Smith ;
Malaea				Smith ;
Malay colon				Smith ;
Malamantus				Smith ;
Malana				Smith ;
Malanga	Μάλαγγα  (Malanga)	City in India	Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu state	Smith ;
Malao	Μαλάω  (Malaō)	City on the Sinus Aualites	Berbera in Somalia	Smith ;
Malata				Smith ;
Malchubii				Smith ;
Malcoae				Smith ;
Malea	Μαλέα  (Malea)	City in Arcadia	about 2 km east of Leontari in Greece	Smith ;	37 ° 20 '  N , 22 ° 10'  E
Malea	Μαλέα  (Malea)	Cape on the southernmost tip of the Laconian Peninsula in the Peloponnese	Cape Malea	Smith ;
Malea		City on Lesbos , north of Mytilene	at Panagiouda		39 ° 8 '  N , 26 ° 32'  E
Malea	Μαλέα  (Malea)	Mountain on Taprobane	probably the Sri Pada in Sri Lanka	Smith ;
Malececa				Smith ;
Malene				Smith ;
Malethubalon				Smith ;
Maleum				Smith ;
Maleventum				Smith ;
Malia		Headland at the south-easternmost end of Lesbos		Smith ;	39 ° 1 '  N , 26 ° 36'  E
Malia	Μαλία  (Malia)	Tarraconensis town in Hispania		Smith ;
Maliacus sinus				Smith ;
Maliarpha				Smith ;
Malichi insulae				Smith ;
Malieus	Μαλιεύς	Place in Boeotia (existence uncertain)
Mallaea				Smith ;
Malli				Smith ;
Mallus	Μαλλός  (Mallos)	City in Cilicia	near Kızıltahta , 28 km southeast of Adana in Turkey	Smith ;
Maloetas				Smith ;
Malus	Μαλοῦς  (Malous)	Tributary of the Alpheios	probably the brook of Neochori Lykosouras	Pausanias 8.35.1; Smith ;
Malus		Landscape in the east of the Troas , headwaters of the Granikos
Malva		see Mulucha
Mamala				Smith ;
Mamertini				Smith ;
Mamertium				Smith ;
Mom	Μαμμή  (Mammē)	Landscape in Byzacena , scene of the battle between the Roman forces of Solomon of Daras and the Moors in 535	Plain west of Qairawān in Tunisia	Smith ;
Mampsarus Mons				Smith ;
Manapii				Smith ;
Manarmanis Portus				Smith ;
Manasseh				Smith ;
Manchans				Smith ;
Mancunium				Smith ;
Mandacada				Smith ;
Mandagara				Smith ;
Mandagarsis				Smith ;
Mandalae				Smith ;
Mandans	Μανδάνη  (Mandanē)	City on the coast of Cilicia	about 30 km east of Anamur in Turkey	Smith ;
Mandarae				Smith ;
Mandela		Village in Lazio near a villa of Horace	Mandela , 48 km northeast of Rome	Smith (2) ;
Mandori				Smith ;
Mandrocium				Smith ;
Mandruani				Smith ;
Mandrupolis				Smith ;
Mandrus Mons				Smith ;
Mandubii	Μανδούβιοι  (Mandoubioi)	Gallic people with the capital Alesia	Settlement areas roughly the Auxois in France	Smith ;
Manduessedum		City in Britain	Mancetter in Warwickshire in England	Smith ;
Manduria	Μανδύριον  (Mandyrion)	City in Calabria	Manduria in Apulia	Smith ;
Manimi				Smith ;
Manitae				Smith ;
Manius Sinus				Smith ;
Manlia				Smith ;
Manlianus Saltus				Smith ;
Mannaritium				Smith ;
Manrali				Smith ;
Mantala				Smith ;
Mantiana Lacus				Smith ;
Mantineia	Μαντίνεια  (Mantineia)	City in Arcadia	Mandinia in the Peloponnese in Greece	Smith ;
Mantua	Μάντουα  (Mantoua)	City in Gallia cisalpina	Mantua in Italy	Smith ;
Mantled				Smith ;
Maogamalcha				Smith ;
Maon				Smith ;
Mapharitis				Smith ;
Maphoritae				Smith ;
Maponis				Smith ;
Marabius				Smith ;
Maracanda				Smith ;
Maranitae				Smith ;
Maraphii				Smith ;
Marath				Smith ;
Marathesium				Smith ;
marathon	Μαραθών  (Marathōn)	Plain in the northeast of Attica (landscape) , scene of the battle of Marathon	at marathon in Greece	Smith ;
Marathus				Smith ;
Marathusa				Smith ;
Marathussa				Smith ;
Marciae				Smith ;
Marciana Silva				Smith ;
Marcianopolis	Μαρκιανούπολις  (Markianoupolis)	Capital of Moesia inferior	in Devnya in Bulgaria	Smith ;
Marciliana				Smith ;
Marcina	Μαρκῖνα  (Markina)	City in Campania in the Picen region		Smith ;
Marcis		Location at the Litus Saxonicum	perhaps marquise in the French department of Pas-de-Calais	Smith ;
Marcius Mons				Smith ;
Marcodava				Smith ;
Marcodurum		Roman vicus in northern Gaul	probably between the Düren districts of Mariaweiler and Hoven	Smith ;
Marcomagus		Location on Römerstrasse Trier – Cologne	probably between Marmagen and Nettersheim southwest of the Urft	Smith ;
Marcomanni				Smith ;
Mardene				Smith ;
Mardi	Μαρδοί  (Mardoi)	Middle Eastern tribes in Armenia		Smith ;
Mardyene				Smith ;
Mardyeni				Smith ;
Mareia	Μαρέα  (Marea)	City in the western Nile Delta	Kom el-Idris, about 40 km southwest of Alexandria on Lake Mareotis	Smith ;
Mareotis				Smith ;
Mares	Μᾶρες  (Mares)	Persian tribe on the Pontic coast		Smith ;
Mareshah				Smith ;
Mareura				Smith ;
Margana				Smith ;
Margiana				Smith ;
Margidunum				Smith ;
Margus , Margum	Μάργον  (Margon), Μάργος  (Margos)	City near Viminatium in Moesia superior	near the village Dubravica near Požarevac in Serbia	Smith ;
Margus	Μάργος  (Margos)	River in Moesia superior	Morava in Serbia	Smith ;
Margus	Μάργος  (Margos)	eponymous river of the inner-Asian Margiana	Murgab in Afghanistan and Turkmenistan	Smith ;
Mariaba	Μαρίαβα  (Mariaba)	Capital of the Sabaean Empire	Ma'rib in Yemen	Smith ;
Mariama				Smith ;
Mariamme				Smith ;
Mariana		City in the northeast of Corsica	on the plateau of La Marana on the banks of the Golo river (Corsica)	Smith ;
Mariana Fossa				Smith ;
Mariandyni				Smith ;
Marianus Mons				Smith ;
Maricae Lucus				Smith ;
Maride				Smith ;
Maridunum				Smith ;
Mariniana , Marinianis, Maurinana	Μαγνίανα  (Magniana)	City in Pannonia	Donji Miholjac in Slavonia	Smith ;
Marion	Μάριον  (Marion)	Kingdom of Cyprus	at Polis Chrysochous in the Paphos District	PECS ;
Marionis				Smith ;
Marisus	Μάρισος  (Marisos), Μάρις  (Maris)	Tributary of the Danube in Dacia	Mureș in Romania and Hungary	Smith ;
Marithi Montes				Smith ;
Maritima		City in Gallia Narbonensis	Martigues in the south of France	Smith ;
Maritima insula		Island off the western tip of Sicily	Marettimo	Smith ;
Maritimae Stationes				Smith ;
Marium				Smith ;
Marius	Μαρίος  (Marios)	City in Laconia		Smith ;
Marmarica	Μαρμαρική  (Marmarikē)	Landscape on the north coast of Africa between Egypt and Kyrenaia		Smith ;
Marmarium				Smith ;
Marmolitis				Smith ;
Marobudum				Smith ;
Chestnut	Μαρώνεια  (Marōneia)	Port city in Thrace	30 km south of Komotini in Greece	Smith ;
Maronsa				Smith ;
Marpessa	Μάρπησσα  (Marpēssa)	central mountain range on Paros , place of origin of the Parian marble		Smith ;
Marpessus				Smith ;
Marrucini				Smith ;
Marruvium , Marrubium	Μαρούϊον  (Marouion)	City of the Martians on Fucinus Lacus	San Benedetto dei Marsi in the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo	Smith ;
Marses				Smith ;
Marsi	Μάρσοι  (Marsoi)	Italian tribe	Settlement area in the vicinity of the Fuciner lake in central Italy	Smith ;
Marsi		Germanic tribe	Settlement areas initially on the Rhine , later between the Ruhr and Lippe
Marsigni				Smith ;
Marsonia				Smith ;
Marsyabae				Smith ;
Marsyas	Μαρσύας  (Marsyas)	left tributary of the Maiandros	Çine Çayı in Turkey	Smith (1) ;
Marsyas	Μαρσύας  (Marsyas)	Tributary of the Maiandros	Dinar Su in Turkey	Smith (2) ;
Marsyas	Μαρσύας  (Marsyas)	Tributary of the Orontes	Nahr Marzban (Wadi Tell Armid) in Syria	Smith ;
Marsyas	Μαρσύας  (Marsyas)	right tributary of the Euphrates	Merzumen in Turkey
Marta		River in Etruria	Marta	Smith ;
Martiae				Smith ;
Martialis		Place in Gaul	Volvic in France	Smith ;
Martialis Pagus		Place in Campania
Martiane				Smith ;
Martini	Μαρπτηνοί  (Marptēnoi)	Arab tribe		Ptol. 5.19.2; Smith ;
Martyropolis , Justinianopolis	Μαρτυρόπολις  (Martyropolis)	City in the Arzanene	Silvan in the Diyarbakır Province of Eastern Turkey	Smith ;
Maruca				Smith ;
Marundae				Smith ;
Marus				Smith ;
Marusium				Smith ;
Maruvium				Smith ;
Marvingi				Smith ;
Masada	Μασάδα  (Masada)	Fortress in Palestine	national monument Masada in Israel	Smith ;
Masaitica				Smith ;
Masani				Smith ;
Mascas				Smith ;
Masciacum				Smith ;
Mascliana				Smith ;
Masdorani				Smith ;
Masdoranus				Smith ;
Mases				Smith ;
Masices				Smith ;
Masius , Izala	Μάσιον ὄρος  (Masion oros)	Mountainous area in northeastern Mesopotamia	Area between Diyarbakır and Mardin in Turkey	Smith ;
Maspii				Smith ;
Massa , Masath	Μάσσα  (Massa)	River in North Africa	Massa in Morocco , flows into the Atlantic about 20 km south of Agadir	Smith ;	30 ° 5 ′  N , 9 ° 40 ′  W.
Massa Veternensis		City in Etruria	Massa Marittima in Tuscany	Smith ;
Massabatica				Smith ;
Massaei				Smith ;
Massaesyli				Smith ;
Massage				Smith ;
Massage table				Smith ;
Massalia	Μασσαλία  (Massalia)	River in Crete	Megalopotamos	Smith ;
Massalia		see Massilia
Massalioticum Ostium				Smith ;
Massani				Smith ;
Massava				Smith ;
Massiani				Smith ;
Massicus Mons				Smith ;
Massicytes				Smith ;
Massiena				Smith ;
Massilia	Μασσαλία  (Massalia)	City in Gallia Narbonensis	Marseille in France	Smith ;
Massitholus				Smith ;
Massyli				Smith ;
Mastaura	Μάσταυρα  (Mastaura)	City in Lydia		Smith ;
Masts				Smith ;
Mastiani				Smith ;
Mastramela				Smith ;
Mastusia				Smith ;
Masura				Smith ;
Matala	Μάταλα  (Matala)	City in Crete		Smith ;
Matavo				Smith ;
Mateola				Smith ;
Materense oppidum				Smith ;
Matter				Smith ;
Maternum				Smith ;
Matiana				Smith ;
Matieni Montes				Smith ;
Matilica				Smith ;
Matilo				Smith ;
Matinus Mons				Smith ;
Matisco				Smith ;
Matitae				Smith ;
Matium				Smith ;
Matrica		Roman military camp in Pannonia	in the area of Százhalombatta -Dunafüred in Pest County in Hungary
Matricem				Smith ;
Matrinus				Smith ;
Matrona		The top of the Segusio - Brigantium road	Col de Montgenèvre in the French Alps	Smith ;
Matrona		Tributary of the Sequana	Marne in France	Smith ;
Mattiaci				Smith ;
Mattiacum , Aquae Mattiacorum, Aquae Mattiacae	Ματτιακόν  ( Mattiacon )	City on the Limes in Germania superior	Wiesbaden	Smith ;
Mattium		Main place of the Germanic chats	in the area of ​​the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse	Smith ;
Matusarum				Smith ;
Maurali				Smith ;
Maurensii				Smith ;
Mauretania	Μαυρουσία  (Maurousia)	Territory in North Africa	Morocco and West Algeria	Smith ;
Mauri		Residents of Mauritania		Smith ;
Mauriana		see Mariniana
Mauritania		see Mauretania
Maxera				Smith ;
Maxilua				Smith ;
Maximianopolis				Smith ;
Maximianopolis				Smith ;
Maximianopolis				Smith ;
Maxula				Smith ;
Maxyes				Smith ;
Mazaca				Smith ;
Mazaei				Smith ;
Mazara				Smith ;
Mazices				Smith ;