List of ancient place names and geographical names / Ar
Latin name |
Greek name |
description | today | Sources and References | location
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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 ; |