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Lycaonia (region) — by S. Mitchell — last modified Sep 15, 2022 07:35 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 66 B2 Lycaonia

Lycia — by C. Foss — last modified Jul 03, 2023 04:26 PM

Lycia was a region of southwestern Asia Minor.

Lydia/Maionia (region) — by C. Foss — last modified Jun 30, 2023 05:50 PM

Lydia was a region in Western Asia Minor, situated between Ionia on the west, Caria on the south, Phrygia on the east, and Mysia on the north. It was home to an Iron Age kingdom (q.v), and gave its name to a succession of administrative areas of the Roman empire and other states.

Lynkos — by J.J. Wilkes — last modified Jun 04, 2024 06:11 PM

A region of ancient Macedonia probably not formally incorporated into the kingdom until the reign of Philip II.

Macedonia (region) — by E.N. Borza — last modified Nov 07, 2023 11:44 AM

The region of ancient Macedonia in the Balkan peninsula. The boundaries of the region have shifted significantly over time, and remain controversial.

Magna Graecia — by Mary E. Downs — last modified Jul 09, 2024 01:56 PM

Magna Graecia refers to the coastal areas of Southern Italy on the Tarentine Gulf that were extensively colonized by Greek colonists beginning in the eighth century BC.

Magnesia (region) — by J. Fossey — last modified Jun 06, 2023 04:39 PM

A coastal region of Thessaly, including the long, narrow peninsula stretching into the Aegean on the southeast. Magnesia gives its name to the modern Greek regional unit.

Maionia/Mysia (region) — by C. Foss — last modified May 25, 2023 05:52 PM

An ancient region in Lydia, located at the base of mount Tmolus (the modern Boz Dağ in Turkey) and in the vicinity of the Gygaie Limne (modern Marmara Gölü). In discussing the Katakekaumene, Strabo implies some variance in traditions about whether it should be considered Maionian or Mysian (i.e., the footprints of the two regional names may have overlapped).

Margiana/Margush/Merv — by St J. Simpson — last modified Aug 30, 2022 07:19 AM

Margiana/Margush/Merv (Persian: مرو), once the Achaemenid Satrapy of Margiana, is a region of ancient Persia.

Marmara — by J. Fossey — last modified Mar 12, 2024 10:16 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D2 Marmara

Marmarica — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Nov 12, 2024 12:00 AM

Marmarica was an ancient region of the North African coast between Cyrenaica and Aegyptus.

Masabadan/Massabatene — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Sep 09, 2022 08:20 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 92 B3 Masabadan/Massabatene

Matiane — by S.E. Kroll — last modified Oct 23, 2024 01:43 PM

Matiene was the name of an ancient kingdom in northwestern Iran.

Media/Mad(aya) (region) — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Jul 30, 2023 06:26 AM

Media/Mad(aya) was a region of northwestern Iran.

Melitene — by T.B. Mitford — last modified Sep 20, 2022 10:09 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 64 E4 Melitene

Mesopotamia (region) — by M. Roaf — last modified Aug 16, 2024 02:50 PM

An important region surrounding the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent, roughly corresponding to most of modern Iraq and Kuwait, eastern Syria, and Southeastern Turkey. Mesopotamia was a critical part of many empires and kingdoms, including the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, the Achaemenids, Alexander the Great, and the Seleucids. It was also a site of intense conflict between the Roman, Parthian, and Sassanid Empires until the 7th century Muslim conquest.

Messenia — by G. Reger — last modified Aug 16, 2023 07:23 PM

Messenia was the southwestern district of the Peloponnesus. It was bounded on the east by Laconia, on the north by Elis and Arcadia, and on the south and west by the sea.

Milyas (region) — by C. Foss — last modified Sep 14, 2023 10:15 AM

According to Strabo, Milyas is a region that strethes from Termessus as far as Sagalassus and the territory of Apameia.

Mygdonia — by C. Foss — last modified Jul 16, 2019 07:27 PM

Mygdonia was a region of northwestern Asia Minor. It takes its name from the Mygdones of Thrace who migrated to the northwestern part of Asia Minor in the Late Bronze Age.

Mygdonia — by E.N. Borza — last modified Sep 23, 2022 08:36 PM

Mygdonia was a region of ancient Macedonia.