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Lucania (region) — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Dec 16, 2020 05:26 AM

An ancient region of south Italy stretching from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto.

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.

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.

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.

Marmarica — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Jul 30, 2019 09:55 PM

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

Matiane — by S.E. Kroll — last modified Jun 01, 2021 11:06 AM

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

Mauretania Tingitana (region) — by M. Euzennat — last modified Sep 19, 2022 11:12 AM

An ancient region of northwest Africa.

Maurusii — by M. Euzennat — last modified Aug 03, 2019 05:04 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 28 D4 Maurusii

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

Mesene/Characene/Shad Bahman/Maisan — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Aug 30, 2022 08:03 PM

Mesene/Characene/Shad Bahman/Maisan was a kingdom within the Parthian Empire founded ca. 127 BC under Aspasine.

Mesopotamia (region) — by M. Roaf — last modified Sep 11, 2022 09:50 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.

Metalli Ulpiani — by J.J. Wilkes — last modified Nov 11, 2023 09:58 PM

The Metalli Ulpiani mining district

Mihragan Kadag (region) — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Sep 21, 2022 08:40 PM

Mihragan Kadag or "province of the house of Mihrag" was a region of Media located north of Khuzistan and west of Saymarah.

Misimia — by T. Sinclair — last modified May 16, 2017 09:20 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 87 G1 Misimia

Moxoena — by M. Roaf — last modified Sep 17, 2022 03:22 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 E2 Moxoena

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.

Mysia (region) — by C. Foss — last modified May 25, 2023 05:38 PM

A region of northwestern Asia Minor that ancient sources associate with the Mysi, a people who had migrated there from Thrace, probably late in the second millennium BCE. Sources vary on the extent and subdivisions of the region, but in general it seems to have been at least roughly bounded on the north by the Hellespont and Propontis, on the east by the Rhyndacus river (modern Mustafakemalpaşa) and mount Olympus (Ulu Dağ), and on the west either by the Aisepos river (Gönen Çayı) or (if the Troad is taken to be part of Mysia) the Aegean Sea.