List of ancient place names and geographical names / An
Latin name |
Greek name |
description | today | Sources and References | location
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Anabura | Smith ; | ||||
Anacaea | Smith ; | ||||
Anactorium | Smith ; | ||||
Anaea , Annaea | Ἄνναια (Annaia), Ἀναία (Anaia) | City in the Roman province of Asia on the Turkish Aegean coast | Smith ; | ||
Anagnia | Ἀνάγνειαι (Anagneiai) | The capital of hernics in Lazio | Anagni in the Italian province of Frosinone | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Anagyrus | Smith ; | ||||
Anaitica | Smith ; | ||||
Anamari | Smith ; | ||||
Anamis | Smith ; | ||||
Ananes | Ἄνανες (Ananes) | Celtic tribe of Gallia cisalpina | Polybios 2.17, 2.32; Smith ; | ||
Anao Portus | Smith ; | ||||
Anaphe | Smith ; | ||||
Anaphlystus | Smith ; | ||||
Anapus | Anapo | Smith ; | |||
Anarei Montes | Smith ; | ||||
Anariacae | Smith ; | ||||
Anartes | Celtic or Dacian tribe in Pannonia , north of the Danube | Hungary or Romania | Smith ; | ||
Anas | Ἄνας (Anas) | Guadiana river in Spain | Smith ; | ||
Anastasis | ancient place in Lokris | Hierocles: Synekdemos ; | |||
Anatho | Smith ; | ||||
Anatis | Smith ; | ||||
Anaua | Smith ; | ||||
Anaunia | Valley in the Eastern Alps | ||||
Anaurus | Smith ; | ||||
Anazarbus , Justinianopolis, Caesarea in Cilicia, Caesarea ad Anazarbum | Ἀνάζαρβος (Anazarbos) | City in northeastern Cilicia | 28 km south of Kozan in Adana Province on the Ceyhan River in Turkey | PECS ; Pleiades ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Ancalites | Smith ; | ||||
Anchial | Ἀγχιάλη (Anchialē) | City in Cilicia | |||
Anchial | Ἀγχίαλος (Anchialus) | City on the western Pontos coast | Smith ; | ||
Anchiasm | Smith ; | ||||
Anchisia | Smith ; | ||||
Anchoe | Smith ; | ||||
Ancon | Smith ; | ||||
Ancona | Ἀγκών (Ankōn) | Port city in the Picenum | Ancona on the Italian Adriatic coast | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Ancorarius Mons | Smith ; | ||||
Ancyra | Ἄγκυρα (Ankyra) | City in Galatia | Ankara in Turkey | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Ancyra | Ἄγκυρα (Ankyra) | City in Phrygia | Strab. 567, 576; Smith ; | ||
Ancyron Polis | Smith ; | ||||
Andania | Ἀνδανία | City in Messenia | > presumably Konstantíni | Smith ; | |
Andanos | see Bargylia | ||||
Andautonia | Stand camp and municipium in Pannonia superior | Šćitarjevo near Velika Gorica in Croatia | PECS ; RE ; | ||
Andecavi , Andes | Celtic tribe in Aremorica | Smith ; | |||
Andeda | City in Pisidia | PECS ; RE ; | |||
Andeira | Smith ; | ||||
Andematunnum | Ἀνδομάτουννον (Andomatounnon) | Capital of the Lingons in Gaul | Langres in the Haute-Marne department in France | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Anderida , Anderido, Anderitum | Anderitum Castle , a Roman fortress in Britain | Pevensey in East Sussex in southern England | PECS ; Smith ; | ||
Difference | Ἀνδέρηδον (Anderēdon) | Capital of the Gaulish Gabali | Javols in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France | Ptol. 2.7.11; Sidon. epist. 5.13.2; 7.6.7; PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Andes | Village near Mantua in the Roman province of Gallia cisalpina , birthplace of the poet Virgil | Pietola near Mantua | Smith ; | ||
Andetrium | Smith ; | ||||
Andizetii | Smith ; | ||||
Andosini | Smith ; | ||||
Andrapa | Ἄνδραπα (Andrapa) | City in Paphlagonia | near Vezirköprü in the province of Samsun in Turkey | Smith ; | |
Andriaca | Smith ; | ||||
Andropolis | Ἀνδρῶν πόλις (Andrōn polis) | City in the province of Aegyptus | Smith ; | ||
Andros | Ἄνδρος (Andros) | northernmost island of the Cyclades | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | ||
Andusia | Place in Gaul | Anduze in the Gard department in France | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | ||
Anemoreia | Smith ; | ||||
Anemosa | Smith ; | ||||
Anemurium | Ἀνεμούριον (Anemourion) | City in Cilicia | Eski Anamur, southwest of Anamur in Turkey | PECS ; Smith ; | |
Angea | Smith ; | ||||
Angeia | Place in Thessaly | Loutropigi, northeast of Rentina in Greece | PECS ; Pleiades ; | ||
Angele | Ἀγγελή (Angelē) | Attic demos of the Phyle Pandionis | Angelisi, between Markopoulos and Porto Rafti | ||
Angites | Smith ; | ||||
Angitiae Lucus | Smith ; | ||||
Anglii | Smith ; | ||||
Angrivarii | Smith ; | ||||
Angulus | Smith ; | ||||
Angustia | Roman military camp in Dacia | near Brețcu , Covasna County in Romania | PECS ; Pleiades ; | ||
Anigraea | Smith ; | ||||
Anigrus | Smith ; | ||||
Aninetum | Smith ; | ||||
Anio , Anien | Ἀνίων (Aniōn), Ἀνίης (Aniēs) | Border river between Latium and the land of the Sabines | Aniene | Smith ; | |
Anitorgis | Smith ; | ||||
Annamatia | Danube fort in Pannonia inferior | Remains in the southeast of the village of Baracs in Fejér County in Hungary | RE ; | ||
Annibi Montes | Smith ; | ||||
Anopaea | Smith ; | ||||
Ansibarii | Smith ; | ||||
Ansoba | Smith ; | ||||
Antaeopolis | Smith ; | ||||
Antandrus | Ἄντανδρος (Antandros) | City on the coast of the Troad | near Altinoluk in Turkey | Smith ; | |
Antaradus | Smith ; | ||||
Antemnae | Ἀντέμναι (Antemnai) | City in Lazio | 5.5 km north of Rome, at the mouth of the Aniene in the Tiber | Smith ; | |
Anthedon | Ἀνθηδών (Anthēdōn) | City in Boeotia | on the coast north of Loukissia and west of Drosia in Greece | PECS ; Pleiades ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Anthedon , Agrippias | Ἀνθηδών (Anthēdōn) | City on the coast of Palestine | in the Gaza Strip | PECS ; Pleiades ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Anthedos | Harbor on the Saronic Gulf | PECS ; Pleiades ; | |||
Antheia | Smith ; | ||||
Anthela | Ανθήλη | RE ; Smith ; | |||
Anthemus | RE ; Smith ; | ||||
Anthemusia | Smith ; | ||||
Anthemusia | Smith ; | ||||
Anthene | Smith ; | ||||
Anthylla | Smith ; | ||||
Anticaria | City in Hispania Baetica | Antequera in Spain | PECS ; Pleiades ; | ||
Anticinolis | Smith ; | ||||
Anticirreha | Smith ; | ||||
Anticragus | Smith ; | ||||
Anticyra | Ἀντίκυρα (Antikyra) | City in Phocis on the Gulf of Corinth | west of Aspra Spitia in Greece | PECS ; Smith (1) ; | |
Anticyra | Ἀντίκυρα (Antikyra) | City in Thessaly on the south bank of the Spercheios | in the alluvial area of the Sperchios | Smith (2) ; | |
Anticyra | Ἀντίκυρα (Antikyra) | City in Lokris , probably identical to the Phocian city | Smith (3) ; | ||
Antigoneia | Ἀντιγόνεια (Antigoneia) | Seleucid city on the Orontes , later relocated and renamed Antioch | Antakya in Turkey | Smith ; | |
Antigoneia | Ἀντιγόνεια (Antigoneia) | original name of Alexandria Troas | Smith ; | ||
Antigoneia | Ἀντιγόνεια (Antigoneia) | Name of Mantineia as a Macedonian new foundation | Smith ; | ||
Antigoneia | Ἀντιγόνεια (Antigoneia) | City in Bithynia , the late antique Nicaea | İznik in Turkey | Smith ; | |
Antigoneia | Ἀντιγόνεια (Antigoneia) | City on the west coast of Chalkidiki | Smith ; | ||
Antigoneia | Ἀντιγόνεια (Antigoneia) | City in Chaonia , was founded in the 3rd century BC. Built by the Molossian king Pyrrhus on the walls of the Illyrian settlement Melan | 8 km from Girokastra in Albania | PECS ; Smith ; | |
Antilibanus | Smith ; | ||||
Antinoopolis , Antinoe | Ἀντινόου πόλις (Antinoou polis) | City in Egypt, newly founded by Hadrian in honor of his late lover Antinous | Sheikh Ibada | PECS ; Smith ; | |
Antinum | City of the Martians | Civita d'Antino | RE ; Smith ; | ||
Antioch | Ἀντιόχεια (Antiocheia) | Antioch on the Orontes , one of the metropolises of the ancient world | Antakya in Turkey | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Antioch | Ἀντιόχεια (Antiocheia) | temporarily the name of Mallos at the Pyramos in Cilicia | Kızıltahta , 28 kilometers southeast of Adana | RE ; Smith ; | |
Antioch | Ἀντιόχεια (Antiocheia) | City on the Tigris, previously Alexandria on the Tigris, later Charax , capital of Charakene | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | ||
Antioch | Ἀντιόχεια (Antiocheia) | City in Mygdonia | RE ; | ||
Antioch | Ἀντιόχεια (Antiocheia) | City on Chrysoroas , another name for Gerasa in the Decapolis | 40 kilometers north of Amman in Jordan | RE ; | |
Antioch Kallirhoe | see Edessa 2 | ||||
Antioch Margiana | Ἀντιόχεια Μαργιάνη (Antiocheia Margianē) | City in Parthia , previously Alexandria he Margiane | Giaur Kala in Merw | RE ; Smith ; | |
Antioch ad Cragum | Ἀντιόχεια ἐπὶ Κράγῳ (Antiocheia epi Kragō) | City in Cilicia | Agalar Güneyi, 20 km southeast of Gazipaşa in Turkey | PECS ; Smith ; | |
Antioch ad Maeandrum | Ἀντιόχεια πρὸς Μαιάνδρω (Antiocheia pros Maiandrō) | City on the meander in Caria | 15 km south of Kuyucak near Nazilli , Antiokya ruins | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Antioch ad Pisidiam | Αντιόχεια τὴς Πισιδίας (Antiocheia tēs Pisidias) | City in Pisidia | Near today's Yalvaç in Turkey | PECS ; RE ; Smith ; | |
Antioch ad Sarum | Ἀντιόχεια (Antiocheia) | City on the Saros , temporarily the name of Adana in Cilicia | Adana | PECS ; Smith ; | |
Antioch ad Taurum | Ἀντιόχεια (Antiocheia) | City on the Taurus Mountains in Kommagene | Ptol. 5.14.8); RE ; Smith ; | ||
Antioch in Media | Αντιόχεια της Μηδίας (Antiocheia tēs Mēdias) | City in media | Nahavand in Hamadan Province in Iran | PECS ; Smith ; | |
Antioch in Pieria | see Aradus 1 | ||||
Antipatria | (Antipatreia) (Antipatrea) | City in Illyria | Berat in Albania | PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Antipatris , Aphek | Ἀντιπατρίς (Antipatris), Ἄφακα (Aphaka) | City in Judea | near Tel Afek in Israel | PECS ; Smith ; | |
Antiphellus | Ἀντίφελλος (Antiphellos) | City in Lycia | Kaş in southwest Turkey | PECS ; Smith ; | |
Antiphrae | Smith ; | ||||
Antipolis | Ἀντίπολις (Antipolis) | City in Gallia Narbonensis | Antibes in France | Smith ; | |
Antiquarian | Smith ; | ||||
Antirrhium | Smith ; | ||||
Antissa | Ἄντισσα (Antissa) | City on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Lesbos | 9 km northeast of today's Antissa | Smith ; | |
Antitaurus | Smith ; | ||||
Antium | Ἄντιον (Antion) | Capital of the Volscs , a seaside resort during the imperial era | Anzio , 58 km south of Rome | PECS ; Smith ; | |
Antivestaeum | Smith ; | ||||
Antona | Smith ; | ||||
Antonini Vallum | Line of fortifications on the northern border of Britain | Antonine Wall | |||
Antoninopolis | Smith ; | ||||
Antron | Smith ; | ||||
Antunnacum | Roman city on the left bank of the Rhine | Then after | Smith ; | ||
Anxanum | Lanciano in the Italian province of Chieti | Smith ; | |||
Anxur | see Tarracina |
Individual evidence
- ^ William Saunders: The Miracle of Lanciano . Arlington Catholic Herald 2003, accessed December 26, 2016.