Arabia Felice
- Ancient name
- Arabia Felix or Eudaemon (Roman province)
- Modern name
- Arabian Peninsula
- Coordinates
- 28.96, 35.35
Arabia Felice (Felix, in Latin) was the name used by ancient geographers including Ptolemy to describe the southern part of the Arabian peninsula or what is now Yemen. As the term was not much used in medieval Europe, the appearance of Arabia Felice and Arabia Deserta on a 15th-century map implies influence from the Ptolemaic tradition. This pair of toponyms appears on only a single Sfera map (Pnc5).
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M213
Variant spellings of Arabia Felice in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| ARABIA FILICE | Pnc5 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Arabia Felice.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/arabia-felice/.