List of cities founded by the Romans
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. Most European towns still retain part of the original Roman street-grid.
Roman cities and towns
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| Foundation | Latin name | Modern-day | Modern country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 753BC | Roma | Rome | Italy |
| 268BC | Ariminum | Rimini | Italy |
| 218BC | Placentia | Piacenza | Italy |
| 218BC | Tarraco | Tarragona | Spain |
| 206BC | Italica | Santiponce | Spain [1] |
| 3rd c. BC | Modoetia | Monza | Italy |
| 197BC | Salernum | Salerno | Italy |
| 189BC | Bononia | Bologna | Italy |
| 188BC | Forum Livii | Forlì | Italy |
| 187BC | Regium Lepidi | Reggio Emilia | Italy |
| 181BC | Aquileia | Aquileia | Italy |
| 169BC | Corduba | Cordoba | Spain |
| 138BC | Valentia Edetanorum | Valencia | Spain |
| 2nd c. BC | Massa | Massa | Italy |
| 2nd c. BC | Pistoria | Pistoia | Italy |
| 80BC | Segovia | Segovia | Spain |
| 77BC | Gerunda | Girona | Spain |
| 62BC | Brigantium | La Coruña | Spain |
| 59BC | Florentia | Florence | Italy |
| 58BC | Vesontio | Besançon | France |
| 52BC | Lutetia Parisiorum | Paris | France |
| 50BC | Atuatuca Tungrorum | Tongeren | Belgium [2] |
| 49BC | Iulia Romula Hispalis | Seville | Spain |
| 44BC | Augusta Raurica | Basel | Switzerland |
| 43BC | Lugdunum | Lyon | France |
| 30BC | Augusta Treverorum | Trier | Germany [3] |
| 29-19BC | Castra Legionis | León | Spain |
| 28BC | Augusta Taurinorum | Turin | Italy |
| 25BC | Augusta Praetoria Salassorum | Aosta | Italy |
| 25BC | Emerita Augusta | Mérida | Spain |
| 25BC | Lucus Augusti | Lugo | Spain |
| 25-13BC | Caesarea | Caesarea | Israel |
| 20BC | Bracara Augusta | Braga | Portugal |
| 16BC | Novaesium | Neuss | Germany |
| 15BC | Pons Drusi | Bolzano | Italy |
| 15BC | Ovilava | Wels | Austria |
| 15BC | Iuvavum | Salzburg | Austria |
| 15BC | Augusta Vindelicorum | Augsburg | Germany |
| 15BC | Turicum | Zurich | Switzerland |
| 14BC | Borbetomagus | Worms | Germany |
| 14BC | Cesaraugusta | Zaragoza | Spain |
| 14-9BC | Mogontiacum | Mainz | Germany |
| 12BC | Argentoratum | Strasbourg | France |
| 11BC | Bonna | Bonn | Germany |
| 10BC | Noviomagus | Speyer | Germany |
| 9BC | 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 | Genava | Geneva | Switzerland |
| 1st c. BC | Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum | Nijmegen | Netherlands |
| 15AD | Emona | Ljubljana | Slovenia |
| 43AD | Londinium | London | UK |
| 43-49AD | Camulodunum | Colchester | UK [4] |
| 47AD | Traiectum | Utrecht | Netherlands |
| 48AD | Lindum Colonia | Lincoln | UK |
| 50AD | Ratae Corieltauvorum | Leicester | UK |
| 50AD | Colonia Agrippina | Cologne | Germany |
| 50AD | Verulamium | St. Albans | UK |
| 55AD | Isca Dumnoniorum | Exeter | UK |
| 58AD | Viroconium Cornoviorum | Wroxeter | UK |
| 71AD | Eboracum | York | UK |
| 79AD | Deva Victrix | Chester | UK |
| 79AD | Mancunium | Manchester | UK |
| 83AD | Bonames (present city district) | Frankfurt am Main | Germany |
| 89AD | Vindobona | Vienna | Austria |
| 97AD | Colonia Nervia Glevensium | Gloucester | 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 | Aeminium later renamed Conimbriga | Coimbra | Portugal |
| 1st c. AD | Traiectum ad Mosam | Maastricht | Netherlands |
| 1st c. AD | Coriovallum | Heerlen | Netherlands |
| 103AD | Aquincum | Budapest | Hungary |
| 120AD | Pons Aelius | Newcastle upon Tyne | UK |
| 131AD | Aelia Capitolina | Jerusalem (part of) | Israel / State of Palestine |
| 179AD | Castra Regina | Regensburg | Germany |
| 330AD | Constantinopolis | Istanbul | Turkey |