List of cities founded by the Romans
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This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans. It lists every city established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global empires.
Cities founded by the Romans
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| Foundation | Latin name | Modern-day | Modern country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 753 BC | Roma | Rome | Italy |
| 268 BC | Ariminum | Rimini | Italy |
| 220 BC | Belum | Belluno | Italy |
| 218 BC | Placentia | Piacenza | Italy |
| 218 BC | Tarraco | Tarragona | Spain |
| 206 BC | Italica | Santiponce | Spain [1] |
| 3rd c. BC | Mod | Monza | Italy |
| 197 BC | Salernum | Salerno | Italy |
| 189 BC | Bononia | Bologna | Italy |
| 188 BC | Forum Livii | Forlì | Italy |
| 187 BC | Regium Lepidi | Reggio Emilia | Italy |
| 181 BC | Aquileia | Aquileia | Italy |
| 169 BC | Colonia Patricia Corduba | Córdoba | Spain |
| 168 BC | Ascrivium | Kotor | Montenegro |
| 138 BC | Valentia Edetanorum | Valencia | Spain |
| 138 BC | Scalabis | Santarém | Portugal |
| 136 BC | Villa Euracini | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal |
| 123 BC | Palma | Palma de Mallorca | Spain |
| 118 BC | Colonia Narbo Martius | Narbonne | France |
| 2nd c. BC | Massa | Massa | Italy |
| 2nd c. BC | Pistoria | Pistoia | Italy |
| 95 BC | Confloenta | Duraton | Spain |
| 77 BC | Gerunda | Girona | Spain |
| 74 BC | Pompaelo | Pamplona | Spain |
| 73 BC | Naissus | Niš | Serbia |
| 62 BC | Brigantium | A Coruña | Spain |
| 59 BC | Florentia | Florence | Italy |
| 58 BC | Vesontio | Besançon | France |
| 52 BC | Lutetia Parisiorum | Paris | France |
| 50 BC | Atuatuca Tungrorum | Tongeren | Belgium [2] |
| 49 BC | Iulia Romula Hispalis | Seville | Spain |
| 44 BC | Augusta Raurica | Augst | Switzerland |
| 44 BC | Noviodunum | Nyon | Switzerland |
| 43 BC | Lugdunum | Lyon | France |
| 35 BC | Siscia | Sisak | Croatia |
| 30 BC | Marsonia | Slavonski Brod | Croatia |
| 30 BC | Augusta Treverorum | Trier | Germany [3] |
| 29–19 BC | Castra Legionis | León | Spain |
| 28 BC | Augusta Taurinorum | Turin | Italy |
| 25 BC | Augusta Praetoria Salassorum | Aosta | Italy |
| 25 BC | Emerita Augusta | Mérida | Spain |
| 25 BC | Norba Caesarina | Cáceres | Spain |
| 25 BC | Lucus Augusta | Lugo | Spain |
| 25–13 BC | Caesarea | Caesarea | Israel |
| 20 BC | Bracara Augusta | Braga | Portugal |
| 16 BC | Novaesium | Neuss | Germany |
| 15 BC | Castra Vetera (15 BC to 110 AD) - Colonia Ulpia Traiana (after 110 AD) | Xanten | Germany |
| 15 BC | Pons Drusi | Bolzano | Italy |
| 15 BC | Ovilava | Wels | Austria |
| 15 BC | Iuvavum | Salzburg | Austria |
| 15 BC | Augusta Vindelicorum | Augsburg | Germany |
| 15 BC | Turicum | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 14 BC | Asturica Augusta | Astorga | Spain |
| 14 BC | Borbetomagus | Worms | Germany |
| 14 BC | Caesaraugusta | Zaragoza | Spain |
| 14 BC | Sirmium | Sremska Mitrovica | Serbia |
| 14 BC | Sorviodurum | Straubing | Germany |
| 13–12 BC | Mogontiacum | Mainz | Germany |
| 110 AD | Colonia Ulpia Traiana (after 110 AD) - Castra Ventra (15 BC to 110 AD) | Xanten | Germany |
| 12 BC | Argentoratum | Strasbourg | France |
| 11 BC | Bonna | Bonn | Germany |
| 10 BC | Noviomagus | Speyer | Germany |
| 9 BC | Castellum apud Confluentes | Koblenz | Germany |
| 1st c. BC | Divodurum | Metz | France |
| 1st c. BC | Caesaromagus | Beauvais | France |
| 1st c. BC | Ambianum | Amiens | France |
| 1st c. BC | Faventia Paterna Barcino | Barcelona | Spain |
| 1st c. BC | Abila | Avila | Spain |
| 1st c. BC | Lousonna | Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 1st c. BC | Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum | Nijmegen | Netherlands |
| 6 AD | Rigomagus | Remagen | Germany |
| 6 AD | Aquae Mattiacorum | Wiesbaden | Germany |
| 9 AD | Mursa | Osijek | Croatia |
| 15 AD | Emona | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| 15 AD | Vindonissa | Windisch | Switzerland |
| 16 AD | Aventicum | Avenches | Switzerland |
| 39 AD | Praetorium Agrippinae | Valkenburg | Netherlands |
| 40 AD | Lopodunum | Ladenburg | Germany |
| 41 AD | Lugdunum Batavorum | Katwijk | Netherlands |
| 42 AD | Aequum | Čitluk | Croatia |
| 43 AD | Londinium | London | UK |
| 43 AD | Albanianis | Alphen aan den Rijn | Netherlands |
| 43 AD | Lauri | Woerden | Netherlands |
| 43 AD | Durovernum Cantiacorum | Canterbury | UK |
| 43 AD | Regulbium | Reculver | UK |
| 43 AD | Rutupiae | Richborough | UK |
| 46 AD | Viminacium | Kostolac | Serbia |
| 43–49 AD | Camulodunum | Colchester | UK [4] |
| 47 AD | Traiectum | Utrecht | Netherlands |
| 47 AD | Matilo | Leiden | Netherlands |
| 47 AD | Forum Hadriani | Voorburg | Netherlands |
| 47 AD | Nigrum Pullum | Zwammerdam | Netherlands |
| 48 AD | Lindum Colonia | Lincoln | UK |
| 50 AD | Ratae Corieltauvorum | Leicester | UK |
| 50 AD | Durocobrivis | Dunstable | UK |
| 50 AD | Colonia Agrippina | Cologne | Germany |
| 50 AD | Durocornovium | Swindon | UK |
| 50 AD | Verulamium | St. Albans | UK |
| 50 AD | Letocetum | Wall | UK |
| 50 AD | Dubris | Dover | UK |
| 50 AD | Danum | Doncaster | UK |
| 52 AD | Mediolanum | Whitchurch | UK |
| 55 AD | Isca Dumnoniorum | Exeter | UK |
| 55 AD | Blestium | Monmouth | UK |
| 58 AD | Viroconium Cornoviorum | Wroxeter | UK |
| 60 AD | Aquae Sulis | Bath | UK |
| 60 AD | Durnovaria | Dorchester | UK |
| 60 AD | Lindinis | Ilchester | UK |
| 60 AD | Ad Flexum | Mosonmagyaróvár | Hungary |
| 70 AD | Clausentum | Southampton | UK |
| 70 AD | Venta Belgarum | Winchester | UK |
| 70 AD | Calleva Atrebatum | Silchester | UK |
| 70 AD | Duroliponte | Cambridge | UK |
| 70 AD | Concangis | Chester-le-Street | UK |
| 70 AD | Condate | Northwich | UK |
| 70 AD | Corinium Dobunnorum | Cirencester | UK |
| 71 AD | Eboracum | York | UK |
| 72 AD | Luguvalium | Carlisle | UK |
| 73 AD | Arae Flaviae | Rottweil | Germany |
| 74 AD | Isca Augusta | Caerleon | UK |
| 74 AD | Lagentium | Castleford | UK |
| 75 AD | Moridunum | Carmarthen | UK |
| 75 AD | Venta Silurum | Caerwent | UK |
| 79 AD | Deva Victrix | Chester | UK |
| 79 AD | Mamucium | Manchester | UK |
| 79 AD | Olicana | Ilkley | UK |
| 79 AD | Vinovia | Binchester | UK |
| 80 AD | Inveresk Roman Fort | Musselburgh | UK |
| 83 AD | Bonames (present city district) | Frankfurt am Main | Germany |
| 85 AD | Coria | Corbridge | UK |
| 85 AD | Gerulata | Bratislava | Slovakia |
| 89 AD | Vindobona | Vienna | Austria |
| 90 AD | Biriciana | Weißenburg in Bayern | Germany |
| 90 AD | Cannstatt Castrum | Stuttgart | Germany |
| 97 AD | Colonia Nervia Glevensium | Gloucester | UK |
| 98 AD | Sumelocenna | Rottenburg am Neckar | Germany |
| 98 AD | Traiectum ad Nicrem | Heidelberg | Germany |
| 1st c. AD | Castra Batavar | Passau | Germany |
| 1st c. AD | Nida | Frankfurt | Germany |
| 1st c. AD | Lactodurum | Towcester | UK |
| 1st c. AD | Bovium | Cowbridge | UK |
| 1st c. AD | Burgodunum | Leeds | UK |
| 1st c. AD | Lentia | Linz | Austria |
| 1st c. AD | Aquae Granni | Aachen | Germany |
| 1st c. AD | Portus Victoriae Iuliobrigensium | Santander | Spain |
| 1st c. AD | Complutum | Alcalá de Henares | Spain |
| 1st c. AD | Aeminium later renamed Conimbriga | Coimbra | Portugal |
| 1st c. AD | Traiectum ad Mosam | Maastricht | Netherlands |
| 1st c. AD | Coriovallum | Heerlen | Netherlands |
| 1st c. AD | Portus Lemanis | Lympne | UK |
| 1st c. AD | Colonia Pietas Iulia Pola Pollentia Herculanea | Pula | Croatia |
| 1st c. AD | Andautonia | Zagreb | Croatia |
| 1st c. AD | Salona | Solin | Croatia |
| 1st c. AD | Cibalae | Vinkovci | Croatia |
| 1st c. AD | Aquae Helveticae | Baden | Switzerland |
| 103 AD | Aquincum | Budapest | Hungary |
| 107 AD | Apulum | Alba Iulia | Romania |
| 120 AD | Pons Aelius | Newcastle upon Tyne | UK |
| 120 AD | Durovigutum | Godmanchester | UK |
| 125 AD | Hadrianopolis | Edirne | Turkey |
| 131 AD | Aelia Capitolina | Jerusalem (part of) | Israel / State of Palestine |
| 150 AD | Ala | Aalen | Germany |
| 179 AD | Castra Regina | Regensburg | Germany |
| 2nd c. AD | Theranda | Prizren | Kosovo |
| 2nd c. AD | Pomaria | Tlemcen | Algeria |
| 2nd c. AD | Partiscum | Szeged | Hungary |
| 1st c. AD | Gesoriacum | Boulogne-sur-Mer | France |
| 210 AD | Aurelia Aquensis | Baden-Baden | Germany |
| 273 AD | Urbs Aurelianorum | Orléans | France |
| 330 AD | Constantinopolis | Istanbul | Turkey |
| 421 AD | Venetiae | Venice | Italy |
| 7th c. AD | Ragusium | Dubrovnik | Croatia |
Cities not founded by the Romans, but which have gained importance with them
| Conquest | Latin name | Modern-day | Modern country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th c. BC | Pompeii | Pompei | Italy |
| 338 BC | Capua | Capua | Italy |
| 315 BC | Thessalonica | Thessaloniki | Greece |
| 3rd c. BC | Volubilis | Meknes | Morocco |
| 293 BC | Barium | Bari | Italy |
| 293 BC | Antiochia | Antakya | Turkey |
| 268 BC | Asculum | Ascoli Piceno | Italy |
| 229 BC | Dyrrachium | Durrës | Albania |
| 225 BC | Brixia | Brescia | Italy |
| 222 BC | Mediolanum | Milan | Italy |
| 196 BC | Comum | Como | Italy |
| 146 BC | Colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis | Patras | Greece |
| 146 BC | Tingi | Tangier | Morocco |
| 133 BC | Attalia | Antalya | Turkey |
| 89 BC | Patavium | Padua | Italy |
| 78 BC | Spalatum | Split | Croatia |
| 74 BC | Nicomedia | İzmit | Turkey |
| 72 BC | Nicaea | İznik | Turkey |
| 67 BC | Tarsus | Tarsus | Turkey |
| 64 BC | Berytus | Beirut | Lebanon |
| 27 BC | Ulpia Serdica | Sofia | Bulgaria |
| 15 BC | Poetovio | Ptuj | Slovenia |
| 15 BC | Neviodunum | Drnovo | Slovenia |
| 15 BC | Celeia | Celje | Slovenia |
| 15 BC | Nauportus | Vrhnika | Slovenia |
| 44 AD | Colonia Claudia Caesarea | Cherchell | Algeria |
| 64 AD | Trapezus | Trabzon | Turkey |
| 117 AD | Artaxata | Artashat | Armenia |