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.

Cities founded by the Romans

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FoundationLatin nameModern-dayModern country
753 BCRoma RomeItaly
268 BCAriminumRiminiItaly
220 BCBelumBellunoItaly
218 BCPlacentiaPiacenzaItaly
218 BCTarracoTarragonaSpain
206 BCItalicaSantiponceSpain
3rd c. BCModMonzaItaly
197 BCSalernumSalernoItaly
189 BCBononiaBolognaItaly
188 BCForum LiviiForlìItaly
187 BCRegium LepidiReggio EmiliaItaly
181 BCAquileiaAquileiaItaly
169 BCColonia Patricia CordubaCórdobaSpain
168 BC AscriviumKotorMontenegro
138 BCValentia EdetanorumValenciaSpain
138 BCScalabisSantarémPortugal
136 BCVilla EuraciniPóvoa de VarzimPortugal
123 BCPalmaPalma de MallorcaSpain
118 BCColonia Narbo MartiusNarbonneFrance
2nd c. BCMassaMassaItaly
2nd c. BCPistoriaPistoiaItaly
95 BCConfloentaDuratonSpain
77 BCGerundaGironaSpain
74 BCPompaeloPamplonaSpain
73 BCNaissusNišSerbia
62 BCBrigantiumA CoruñaSpain
59 BCFlorentiaFlorenceItaly
58 BCVesontioBesançonFrance
52 BCLutetia ParisiorumParisFrance
50 BCAtuatuca TungrorumTongerenBelgium
49 BCIulia Romula HispalisSevilleSpain
44 BCAugusta RauricaAugstSwitzerland
44 BCNoviodunumNyonSwitzerland
43 BCLugdunumLyonFrance
35 BCSisciaSisakCroatia
30 BCMarsoniaSlavonski BrodCroatia
30 BCAugusta TreverorumTrierGermany
29–19 BCCastra LegionisLeónSpain
28 BCAugusta TaurinorumTurinItaly
25 BCAugusta Praetoria SalassorumAostaItaly
25 BCEmerita AugustaMéridaSpain
25 BCNorba CaesarinaCáceresSpain
25 BCLucus AugustaLugoSpain
25–13 BCCaesareaCaesareaIsrael
20 BCBracara AugustaBragaPortugal
16 BCNovaesiumNeussGermany
15 BCCastra Vetera - Colonia Ulpia Traiana XantenGermany
15 BCPons DrusiBolzanoItaly
15 BCOvilavaWelsAustria
15 BCIuvavumSalzburgAustria
15 BCAugusta VindelicorumAugsburgGermany
15 BCTuricumZurichSwitzerland
14 BCAsturica AugustaAstorgaSpain
14 BCBorbetomagusWormsGermany
14 BCCaesaraugustaZaragozaSpain
14 BCSirmiumSremska MitrovicaSerbia
14 BCSorviodurumStraubingGermany
13–12 BCMogontiacumMainzGermany
110 ADColonia Ulpia Traiana - Castra Ventra XantenGermany
12 BCArgentoratumStrasbourgFrance
11 BCBonnaBonnGermany
10 BCNoviomagusSpeyerGermany
9 BCCastellum apud ConfluentesKoblenzGermany
1st c. BCDivodurumMetzFrance
1st c. BCCaesaromagusBeauvaisFrance
1st c. BCAmbianumAmiensFrance
1st c. BCFaventia Paterna BarcinoBarcelonaSpain
1st c. BCAbilaAvilaSpain
1st c. BCLousonnaLausanneSwitzerland
1st c. BCUlpia Noviomagus BatavorumNijmegenNetherlands
6 ADRigomagusRemagenGermany
6 ADAquae MattiacorumWiesbadenGermany
9 ADMursaOsijekCroatia
15 ADEmonaLjubljanaSlovenia
15 ADVindonissaWindischSwitzerland
16 ADAventicumAvenchesSwitzerland
39 ADPraetorium AgrippinaeValkenburgNetherlands
40 ADLopodunumLadenburgGermany
41 ADLugdunum BatavorumKatwijkNetherlands
42 ADAequumČitlukCroatia
43 ADLondiniumLondonUK
43 ADAlbanianisAlphen aan den RijnNetherlands
43 ADLauriWoerdenNetherlands
43 ADDurovernum CantiacorumCanterburyUK
43 ADRegulbiumReculverUK
43 ADRutupiaeRichboroughUK
46 ADViminaciumKostolacSerbia
43–49 ADCamulodunumColchesterUK
47 ADTraiectumUtrechtNetherlands
47 ADMatiloLeidenNetherlands
47 ADForum HadrianiVoorburgNetherlands
47 ADNigrum PullumZwammerdamNetherlands
48 ADLindum ColoniaLincolnUK
50 ADRatae CorieltauvorumLeicesterUK
50 ADDurocobrivisDunstableUK
50 ADColonia AgrippinaCologneGermany
50 ADDurocornoviumSwindonUK
50 ADVerulamiumSt. AlbansUK
50 ADLetocetumWallUK
50 ADDubrisDoverUK
50 ADDanumDoncasterUK
52 ADMediolanumWhitchurchUK
55 ADIsca DumnoniorumExeterUK
55 ADBlestiumMonmouthUK
58 ADViroconium CornoviorumWroxeterUK
60 ADAquae SulisBathUK
60 ADDurnovariaDorchesterUK
60 ADLindinisIlchesterUK
60 ADAd FlexumMosonmagyaróvárHungary
70 ADClausentumSouthamptonUK
70 ADVenta BelgarumWinchesterUK
70 ADCalleva AtrebatumSilchesterUK
70 ADDuroliponteCambridgeUK
70 ADConcangisChester-le-StreetUK
70 ADCondateNorthwichUK
70 ADCorinium DobunnorumCirencesterUK
71 ADEboracumYorkUK
72 ADLuguvaliumCarlisleUK
73 ADArae FlaviaeRottweilGermany
74 ADIsca AugustaCaerleonUK
74 ADLagentiumCastlefordUK
75 ADMoridunumCarmarthenUK
75 ADVenta SilurumCaerwentUK
79 ADDeva VictrixChesterUK
79 ADMamuciumManchesterUK
79 ADOlicanaIlkleyUK
79 ADVinoviaBinchesterUK
80 ADInveresk Roman FortMusselburghUK
83 ADBonames Frankfurt am MainGermany
85 ADCoriaCorbridgeUK
85 ADGerulataBratislavaSlovakia
89 ADVindobonaViennaAustria
90 ADBiricianaWeißenburg in BayernGermany
90 ADCannstatt CastrumStuttgartGermany
97 ADColonia Nervia GlevensiumGloucesterUK
98 ADSumelocennaRottenburg am NeckarGermany
98 ADTraiectum ad NicremHeidelbergGermany
1st c. ADCastra BatavarPassauGermany
1st c. ADNidaFrankfurtGermany
1st c. ADLactodurumTowcesterUK
1st c. ADBoviumCowbridgeUK
1st c. ADBurgodunumLeedsUK
1st c. ADLentiaLinzAustria
1st c. ADAquae GranniAachenGermany
1st c. ADPortus Victoriae IuliobrigensiumSantanderSpain
1st c. ADComplutumAlcalá de HenaresSpain
1st c. ADAeminium later renamed ConimbrigaCoimbraPortugal
1st c. ADTraiectum ad MosamMaastrichtNetherlands
1st c. ADCoriovallumHeerlenNetherlands
1st c. ADPortus LemanisLympneUK
1st c. ADColonia Pietas Iulia Pola Pollentia HerculaneaPulaCroatia
1st c. ADAndautoniaZagrebCroatia
1st c. ADSalonaSolinCroatia
1st c. ADCibalaeVinkovciCroatia
1st c. ADAquae HelveticaeBadenSwitzerland
103 ADAquincumBudapestHungary
107 ADApulumAlba IuliaRomania
120 ADPons AeliusNewcastle upon TyneUK
120 ADDurovigutumGodmanchesterUK
125 ADHadrianopolisEdirneTurkey
131 ADAelia CapitolinaJerusalem Israel / State of Palestine
150 ADAlaAalenGermany
179 ADCastra ReginaRegensburgGermany
2nd c. ADTherandaPrizrenKosovo
2nd c. ADPomariaTlemcenAlgeria
2nd c. ADPartiscumSzegedHungary
1st c. ADGesoriacumBoulogne-sur-MerFrance
210 ADAurelia AquensisBaden-BadenGermany
273 ADUrbs AurelianorumOrléansFrance
330 ADConstantinopolisIstanbulTurkey
421 ADVenetiaeVeniceItaly
7th c. ADRagusiumDubrovnikCroatia

Cities not founded by the Romans, but which have gained importance with them

ConquestLatin nameModern-dayModern country
4th c. BCPompeiiPompeiItaly
338 BCCapuaCapuaItaly
315 BCThessalonicaThessalonikiGreece
3rd c. BCVolubilisMeknesMorocco
293 BCBariumBariItaly
293 BCAntiochiaAntakyaTurkey
268 BCAsculumAscoli PicenoItaly
229 BCDyrrachiumDurrësAlbania
225 BCBrixiaBresciaItaly
222 BCMediolanumMilanItaly
3rd c. BCBariumBariItaly
196 BCComumComoItaly
146 BCColonia Augusta Achaica PatrensisPatrasGreece
146 BCTingiTangierMorocco
133 BCAttaliaAntalyaTurkey
89 BCPataviumPaduaItaly
78 BCSpalatumSplitCroatia
74 BCNicomediaİzmitTurkey
72 BCNicaeaİznikTurkey
67 BCTarsusTarsusTurkey
64 BCBerytusBeirutLebanon
27 BCUlpia SerdicaSofiaBulgaria
15 BCPoetovioPtujSlovenia
15 BCNeviodunumDrnovoSlovenia
15 BCCeleiaCeljeSlovenia
15 BCNauportusVrhnikaSlovenia
44 ADColonia Claudia CaesareaCherchellAlgeria
64 ADTrapezusTrabzonTurkey
117 ADArtaxataArtashatArmenia