Regio - Ancient Toponymy

Ancient Toponymy

  • Regiones of Augustan Italy, the departments in which Roman Emperor Augustus divided Italy.
  • 14 regions of the Augustan Rome, in ancient Rome as a name for quartiers of the city of Rome
  • 14 regions of Medieval Rome, resulting from the redivision of the Rome after the revolution of 1143
  • Regio, in ancient Constantinople as a name for the 14 quarters of the city of Constantinople, defined in analogy with those of Rome
  • Regio Aromatica, the Roman name for the Horn of Africa

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