Roman Names
The old roman names for cities in the UK and Europe
The UK
Current Name |
Roman Name |
Britain | Britannia |
England | Albion |
Ireland | Hibernia |
Scotland | Caledonia |
Wales | Cambria |
Roman Names of Towns & Cities in the UK
Current Name |
Roman Name |
Bath | Aquae Sulis |
Burgh Castle | Garrianonum |
Caerleon | Isca Silurium |
Caernarfon | Segontium |
Cambridge | Cantabria |
Canterbury | Durovernum Cantiacorum |
Chester | Deva |
Chesterholm | Vindolanda |
Chichester | Noviomagus |
Cirencester | Corinium |
Colchester | Camulodunum |
Corbridge | Corstopitum |
Dover | Dubris |
Dunstable | Durocobrivis |
Durham | Dunelm |
Exeter | Isca |
Gloucester | Glevum Colonia |
Halifax | Halifacium, Hortonium |
Isle of Wight | Vectis |
Leicester | Ratae Coritanorum |
Lincoln | Lindum Colonia |
London | Londinium |
Manchester | Mamucium |
Newcastle | Pons Aelius |
Oxford | Oxonia |
Silchester | Calleva |
St Albans | Verulamium |
Swindon | Durocornovium |
Tadcaster, North Yorkshire | Calcaria |
Towcester | Lactodorum |
Whitchurch, Shropshire | Mediolanum |
Winchester | Venta Belgarum |
Wroxeter, Shropshire | Viroconium |
York | Eboracum |
Roman Names of Towns & Cities in Europe
Current Name |
Roman Name |
Alicante, Spain | Lucentum |
Ankara, Turkey | Acyra |
Aswan, Egypt | Syene |
Athens, Greece | Athenae |
Barcelona, Spain | Barcino |
Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Singidunum |
Bologna, Italy | Bononia |
Bonn, Germany | Bona |
Bordeaux, France | Burdigala |
Boulogne, France | Bononia, Gesoriacum, Portus Itius |
Bratislava, Slovakia | Istropolis, Posonium |
Budapest, Hungary | Aquincum |
Cherbourg, France | Coriallum |
Florence, Italy | Florentia |
Innsbruck, Austria | Oenipontum |
Istanbul, Turkey | Byzantium, Constantinopolis |
Jerusalem, Israel/Jordan | Aelia Capitolina, Hierosolyma |
Lisbon, Portugal | Olisipo |
Lyon, France | Lugdunum |
Marseille, France | Massilia |
Naples, Italy | Neapolis |
Paris, France | Lutetia Parisiorum |
Pisa, Italy | Pisae |
Seville, Spain | Colonia Iulia Romula, Hispalis |
Seville, Spain | Hispalis, Colonia Iulia Romula |
Sofia, Bulgaria | Serdica |
Split, Croatia | Spalatum |
Strasbourg, France | Argentoratum, Augusta Trebecorum |
Tangiers, Morocco | Tingi |
The Hague, Netherlands | Haga-Comitis |
Turin, Italy | Augusta Taurinorum, Taurinum |
Utrecht, Netherlands | Traiectum Eriditum |
Venice, Italy | Venetiae |
Zurich, Switzerland | Tigurum, Turicim |