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A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain.

This list includes only names documented from Roman times. For a more complete list including later Latin names, see List of British places with Latin names.

The early sources for Roman names show numerous variants and mis-spellings of the Latin names. Moreover one of the principal authorities, Ptolemy, wrote in Greek so names that he records need to be transliterated back into Latin to reveal the original form.

Note that in general only one source is shown below for each name, although many of the names are recorded in more than one of the sources.

Country names

Roman name Modern name Source
Albion Great Britain Ptolemy
Britannia Great Britain Tacitus
Caledonia Scotland Tacitus
Hibernia Ireland  

City/Town names

Roman name Modern name Source
Anavio Brough-on-Noe, Hope Valley, Derbyshire (See also Navio)
Aquae Arnemetiae Buxton, Derbyshire
Aquae Sulis Bath
Ardotalia Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire
Bannaventa Norton, near Daventry, Northamptonshire
Caesaromagus Chelmsford, Essex AI
Calcaria Tadcaster, North Yorkshire AI
Calleva Atrebatum Silchester AI
Camulodunum Colchester Ravenna
Clausentum Bitterne, Hampshire
Concangis Chester-le-Street, County Durham
Condate Northwich, Cheshire AI
Corinium Dobunnorum Cirencester
Coria Corbridge
Danum Doncaster
Deva Chester
Dubris Dover AI
Durnovaria Dorchester
Durocobrivis Dunstable
Durocornovium Swindon
Durolipons Cambridge
Durolitum Romford
Durovernum Cantiacorum Canterbury
Eboracum York Ptolemy
Garrianonum Burgh Castle
Glevum Colonia Gloucester
Hortonium Halifax
Isca Dumnoniorum Exeter AI
Isca Augusta Caerleon
Lactodorum Towcester
Lagentium Castleford
Letocetum Wall, Staffordshire
Lindinis Ilchester
Lindum Colonia Lincoln
Londinium London Ptolemy, AI
Luentinum Pumsaint/Dolaucothi Ptolemy
Luguvalium Carlisle
Mamucium Manchester
Mediolanum Whitchurch, Shropshire
Moridunum Carmarthen Ptolemy
Navio See Anavio
Noviomagus Reginorum Chichester
Noviomagus Cantiacorum Crayford
Olicana Ilkley Ptolemy
Ratae Corieltauvorum Leicester
Salinae Middlewich
Segontium Caernarfon
Vagniacea Springhead, Kent
Vectis Isle of Wight
Venta Belgarum Winchester AI
Venta Silurum Caerwent, Monmouthshire
Verulamium St Albans Tacitus
Vinovia Binchester, Durham Ptolemy
Viroconium Cornoviorum Wroxeter, Shropshire
Vindolanda Chesterholme

Sources

  1. Tacitus (Cornelius Tacitus), Britannia.
  2. AI: Antonine Itinerary
  3. Ravenna Cosmography (Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia)
  4. Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus), Geographia.

References

  1. A.L.F. Rivet and Colin Smith, The place-names of Roman Britain. London, 1979 (reprinted by Book Club Associates, 1981).

See also

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