GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE TERRITORY POSSESSED BY THE ROMAN S. IN Europe they possessed Italia, Hispania, Gallia, Illyria, Thracia, Macedonia, and Greece; in Asia, they possessed all the kingdoms of Asia Minor, Syria, Judea, or, as it was afterwards denominated, Palestine or the Holy land; and in Africa they possessed Egypt, Lybia, Africa Propria, and Numidia, which was the greater part of the then known world. Italia was divided into the provinces of Gallia Cisalpina, Liguria, Etruria, Campania, Apulia and Lucania. Hispania contained three provinces, Boetica, Lusitania, and Taraconensis. Galia was divided into Narbonnensis, Aquitania, Belgica, Lugdinensis, and part of Germania. |