/
Asia Minor in the Greco-Roman period. The classical regions and their main settlements (circa 200 BC). •
Aeolis (named after the
Aeolian Greeks that colonized the region) •
Lesbos •
Armenia Minor (
Armenia west of the
Euphrates river, geographically in
Anatolia) (roughly corresponding to ancient
Azzi-Hayasa or
Hayasa-Azzi) •
Aeretice /
Æretice •
Aetulane /
Ætulane •
Orbalisene •
Orbesine •
Orsene •
Bithynia •
Bithynia Proper (named after the Bithyni) •
Cauconia (named after the Caucones or Kaukauni) •
Mariandynia (named after the Mariandyni) •
Salone /
Salon (Bithynium or Bithynion was its main centre) •
Tarsia •
Tottaion •
Thynia (named after the Thyni) •
Cappadocia (a significant part roughly corresponding to ancient "
Land of Hatti" or
Hatti) (name possibly derived from the
Hittite Katta Peda- - Place Below or Place Down, from
katta - below or down and
peda - place; possible phonetic change -
Katt(a)-peda >
*Kat-peda >
*Kat-pata >
*Kat-patu + ka >
Kat-patuka >
*Kappaduka, borrowed to
Greek as
Kappadokía) •
Bagadania /
Bagadoania •
Chammamene /
Chammanene •
Cataonia (broad sense) (During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was its own country or region and not part of Cappadocia) •
Aravene •
Cataonia /
Cataonia Proper (narrow sense) •
Lavinianesine /
Lavianesine /
Laviansene •
Muriane /
Murianune •
Cappadocian Cilicia /
Mazakene ''(where
Mazaka or
Caesarea Mazaka was located; it is today's
Kayseri)
(
Nesa was close)'' •
Garsaouritis /
Garsauria •
Melitene /
Miletene (During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was its own country or region and not part of Cappadocia) •
Morimene •
Pteria •
Saravene •
Tarbasthena •
Sargarausene •
Tyanitis (after Tyana city) (roughly corresponding to ancient Tuwana / Tuwanuwa region) •
Caria •
Peraea •
Cilicia •
Cilicia Pedias /
Cilicia Campestris (roughly corresponding to ancient Kizzuwadna) •
Bryelice /
Bryelica •
Cilicia Trachaea /
Cilicia Aspera (roughly corresponding to ancient Tarhuntassa) (later, Cilicia Aspera was included in Isauria) •
Characine •
Lalassis •
Lamotis •
Kennatis •
Ketis •
Selenitis (after Selinus city) •
Cyprus (roughly corresponding to ancient
Alasiya, part or the whole island) •
Doris (named after the
Dorian Greeks that colonized the region) •
Cos •
Doric Hexapolis •
Rhodes •
Galatia (named after the
Galatians, a
Celtic people, that arrived in Central
Anatolia by the early 3rd century BC, it didn't exist until then and was made by Galatian conquests of parts of
Phrygia and
Cappadocia) •
Tolistobogii /
Tolistobogioi subregion (Western Galatia) (where Gordion / Gordium, ancient Phrygian capital, was located, Pessinus was Tolisbogii capital) •
Comata /
Komata •
Gordiana (was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest, where Gordion / Gordium, ancient Phrygian capital, was located,) •
Pancaleia /
Pankaleia (was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest) •
Proseilemmene /
Proseilimmene (was part of Phrygia until Galatian conquest) •
Tectosages subregion (Central Galatia) ''(where
Ancyra was located, today's
Ankara)'' •
Komodromos (was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest) •
Sanisene (was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest) •
Trocmi /
Trokmoi subregion (Eastern Galatia) (where Tavium was located, close to ancient Hattusa) •
Ximene (was part of Cappadocia until Galatian conquest) •
Ionia (named after the
Ionian Greeks that colonized the region) •
Chios •
Icaria /
Ikaria •
Samos •
Isauria •
Lycaonia •
Antiochiana •
Axylos •
Lycia •
Cabalia (roughly corresponding to ancient Kuwaliya) •
Milyas (region dwelt by the Milyae that descend from the Solymi) •
Lydia / Maeonia •
Katakekaumene •
Mysia (Coastal Phrygia) (also known as
Phrygia Hellespontica, or as
Phrygia Epictetus after the annexation by the
Kingdom of Pergamum) (roughly corresponding to ancient
Masa) •
Phrygia Minor (northern part of Mysia) •
Lentiana •
Phrygia Maior /
Phrygia Pergamene (southern part of Mysia) •
Abrettene •
Morene •
Olympene •
Teuthrania (sometimes included in Lydia) (Pergamon, that was capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon, was in this land) •
Pamphylia •
Paphlagonia (roughly corresponding to ancient
Pala) •
Blaene •
Cimiatene •
Domanitis (roughly corresponding to ancient Tumanna?) •
Enetia /
Henetia (named after the Eneti or Heneti) •
Marmolitis •
Pimolisene •
Potamia •
Timonitis •
Phrygia (Inland Phrygia) •
Pacatiana /
Phrygia Pacatiana (Western Phrygia) •
Abbaitis (roughly corresponding to ancient Abbawiya or Appawiya) •
Azanitis •
Salutaris /
Phrygia Salutaris (Eastern Phrygia) •
Pisidia •
Paroreios /
Parorea •
Pontus •
Western Pontus (During Achaemenid Persian Empire it was part of Cappadocia) (roughly corresponding to ancient "Land of Zalpa", Zalpa or Zalpuwa was its main centre) •
Chiliokomon •
Camisene /
Kamisene /
Comisene •
Colopene /
Kolopene /
Culupene /
Calupene •
Daximonitis •
Diacopene •
Gadilonitis /
Gazelonitis •
Limnia •
Phanaraea •
Phazemonitis •
Saramene •
Çarşamba Plain •
Themiscyra •
Tibarenia (named after the Tibareni, believed to be of Scythian origin by several classical authors like Herodotus, Xenophon and Strabo) •
Eastern Pontus (roughly corresponding to ancient "Kaska Land", inhabited by the Kaska people) (inhabited by several peoples) •
Byzeria (named after the Byzeres) •
Chaldia (named after the Chalybes) •
Macronia (named after the Macrones, ancestors of Mingrelians, part of the Zan) •
Marria (named after the Marres) •
Moschia (named after the Moschi or Moschoi, who may have been a northern branch of the Eastern Mushki and related to Mysians and Armenians) •
Mossynoecia (named after the Mossynoeci) •
Sannia (named after the Sanni, ancestors of the Zan, including Mingrelians and Lazs) •
Troas /
Troad (sometimes included in
Mysia) •
Sigrene Regions sometimes included in Anatolia •
Commagene (roughly corresponding to ancient
Kummaha or
Kummuh) (although it was on the south slope of the
Taurus Mountains, it could be considered geographically in
Anatolia /
Asia Minor) (however it was administratively included in
Roman Syria, far northern area, by the
Roman Empire) •
Pieria (part of ancient
Palistin) (although administratively in
Roman Syria on the border area, it was on the west slope of the
Amanus mountains, and sometimes it was included in
Cilicia Pedias)
Note: Over time the regions did not always were the same and had the same size or the same borders and sometimes included different subregions, districts, divisions or parts or were united with others. The names of many regions ended in "e" [e] that was the Eastern Greek (
Attic Ionic Ancient Greek) equivalent to the Western Greek (
Doric Greek) "a" [a] and also to the
Latin "a" [a]. In
Ancient Greek the "ph" represented the consonants p [p] and h [h] pronounced closely and not the f [f] consonant. In
Ancient Greek the "y" represented the vowel [y] (ü) and not the semivowel [j] or the vowels [i] or [I]. ==Byzantine Anatolian
Themes (circa 1000 AD)==