List of ancient place names and geographical names / Am
| Latin name |
Greek name |
description | today | Sources and References | location
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amadoci | Smith ; | ||||
| Amalekitae | Smith ; | ||||
| Amanides Pylae | Smith ; | ||||
| Amantia | Ἀμαντία (Amantia) | City in Illyria | 30 km east of Vlora in Albania | PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
| Amanus | Ἄμανος (Amanos) | Mountains in the east of Cilicia | Amanos Dağları east of the Gulf of İskenderun in Turkey | RE ; Smith ; | |
| Amardi , Mardi | Μαρδοί (Mardoi) | Middle Eastern tribes in Armenia | Smith ; | ||
| Amardus | Smith ; | ||||
| Amari Lacus | Smith ; | ||||
| Amarynthus | Smith ; | ||||
| Amasenus | Smith ; | ||||
| Amasia | Ἀμασία (Amasia), Ἀμάσεια (Amaseia) | City in Pontos | Amasya in Turkey | PECS ; Smith ; | |
| Amastra | Smith ; | ||||
| Amastris | Ἄμαστρις (Amastris) | City in Paphlagonia | Amasra in Turkey | PECS ; Smith ; | |
| Amathus | Ἀμαθοῦς (Amathous) | City on the south coast of Cyprus | 11 km east of Limassol | PECS ; Smith ; | |
| Amathus | Ἀμαθοῦς (Amathous) | Fortress city and capital of a district in the East Bank | Smith ; | ||
| Amazones | Smith ; | ||||
| Ambarri | Smith ; | ||||
| Ambiatinus Vicus | Smith ; | ||||
| Ambibari | Smith ; | ||||
| Ambiliati | Gallic Celtic tribe | Settlement area south of the mouth of the Loire in the Atlantic | Smith ; | ||
| Ambisontes | Smith ; | ||||
| Ambivareti | Gallic Celtic tribe | Settlement area north of the Haeduer area | Smith ; | ||
| Amblada | Ἄμβλαδα (Amblada) | City in Pisidia | Smith ; | ||
| Ambracia | Ἀμβρακία (Ambrakia), Ἀμπρακία (Amprakia) | City in Epirus on the Ambracian Gulf | Arta in Greece | RE ; Smith ; | |
| Ambracius Sinus | Smith ; | ||||
| Ambergris | Ἄμβρακος (Ambrakos) | Ambrakia Harbor on the Ambracian Gulf | Remains on the island of Phidokastro south of Arta | PECS ; Pleiades ; RE ; Smith ; | |
| Ambrussum | Location on Via Domitia in Gaul | near Villetelle in the Hérault department in southern France | PECS ; RE ; | ||
| Ambrysus | Smith ; | ||||
| Amenanus | Smith ; | ||||
| Ameria | Ἀμερία (Ameria) | City in Umbria | Amelia in the province of Terni | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
| Ameria | Ἀμερία (Ameria) | Place in Pontus with a sanctuary of Men Pharnakes and Selene | near Niksar , the ancient Kabeira | Strab. 3/12/31; RE ; Smith ; | |
| Ameriola | Smith ; | ||||
| Ameselum | Smith ; | ||||
| Amestratus | Ἀμήστρατος (Amēstratos) | City in northern Sicily | possibly Mistretta in the province of Messina | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
| Amibiani | Smith ; | ||||
| Amida , amido | Ἄμιδα (Amida) | City on the right bank of the Tigris in southeastern Anatolia | Diyarbakır in Turkey | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
| Amilus | Smith ; | ||||
| Amisia | River Ems | Smith ; | |||
| Amisia | Ἀμάσεια (Amaseia), Ἄμισσα (Amissa) | Settlement on the Ems | Ptol. 2.11.13; 8.6.3; Steph. Byz. sv A .; Tac. ann. 2.8; Smith ; | ||
| Amisus | Ἀμισός (Amisos) | City in Pontos in Asia minor | Samsun on the Turkish Black Sea coast | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
| Amiternum | Ἀμίτερνον (Amiternon), Ἀμίτερνα (Amiterna) | City of the Sabines in the Aternus Valley in Italy | San Vittorino district of the city of L'Aquila in Abruzzo | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
| Ammaedara | City in Africa proconsularis | Haïdra in Tunisia | PECS ; Pleiades ; RE ; | ||
| Ammonitae | Smith ; | ||||
| Ammonium, ammonion | Oracle of Siwa | ||||
| Amnatus | (Amnatos) | Place in Crete | 14 km east of Rethymno | PECS ; Pleiades ; | |
| Amnias | Αμνίας (Amnias) | Tributary of the Halys in Pontus | Gökırmak | Smith ; | |
| Amnisus | Άμνισός (Amnisos) | Minoan port city in Crete | about 7 km east of Heraklion | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
| Amorgos | Ἀμοργός (Amorgos) | Island of the southern Cyclades | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | ||
| Amorites | Smith ; | ||||
| Amorium | Ἀμόριον (Amorion) | Byzantine city in Phrygia | at Hisarköy | Smith ; | |
| Amos | City in Caria | Hisarburnu, 11 km south of Marmaris | PECS ; Pleiades ; RE ; | ||
| Amp | Smith ; | ||||
| Ampelos | Ἄμπελος (Ampelos) | Cape on the southeast coast of Crete | Ptol. 3.17.4); Plin. nat. 4.59; | ||
| Ampelos | Ἄμπελος (Ampelos) | Cape on the southwest tip of Samos island | Domeniko | Strab. 14.1.15; Ptol. 5.2.30; Steph. Byz. sv; | |
| Ampelos | Ἄμπελος (Ampelos) | Cape at the southern end of the Sithonia peninsula | Hdt. 7.122 f .; Ptol. 3.12.10; Plin. nat. 4.37; Smith ; | ||
| Ampelum | City in Dacia , seat of the Roman Mining Authority and the aurariae of Alburnus Maior | Zlatna in Romania | PECS ; Pleiades ; RE ; | ||
| Ampelusia | Smith ; | ||||
| Amphaxitis | Smith ; | ||||
| Ampheia | Smith ; | ||||
| Amphiale | Smith ; | ||||
| Amphicaea | Smith ; | ||||
| Amphidoli | Smith ; | ||||
| Amphigeneia | Smith ; | ||||
| Amphilochia | Ἀμφιλοχία (Amphilochia) | Landscape in the west of Northern Greece, in the hinterland of the Ambracian Gulf | RE ; Smith ; | ||
| Amphimalla | RE ; Smith ; | ||||
| Amphipolis | Ἀμφίπολις (Amphipolis) | City in Thrace | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | ||
| Amphissa | Ἄμφισσα (Amphissa) | largest city in western Lokris | Amfissa | RE ; Smith ; | |
| Amphitrope | Smith ; | ||||
| Amphrysus | Smith ; | ||||
| Ampsaga | RE ; Smith ; | ||||
| Ampsanctus , Amsanctus | small lake with sulfur emissions in the area of the Hirpiner | between Rocca San Felice and Frigento in Campania | PECS ; Pleiades ; RE ; Smith ; | ||
| Amyclae | City in the middle Eurotastal | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |||
| Amyclae | City in Campania | Smith ; | |||
| Amydon | RE ; Smith ; | ||||
| Amymone | Ἀμυμώνη (Amymōnē) | southern boundary river of the sacred district of Lerna | Myli, 7 km south of Argos | RE ; Smith ; | |
| Amyrus | Smith ; | ||||
| Amystis | Smith ; | ||||
| Amyzon | Ἀμυζών (Amyzōn) | City in Caria | Mazın Kalesi near today's village of Gaffarlar in the Koçarlı district of the Turkish province of Aydın | PECS ; Pleiades ; RE ; Smith ; |