List of cities founded by the Romans - Wikipedia List of cities founded by the Romans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Wikipedia list article This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. 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. Contents 1 Cities founded by the Romans 2 Cities not founded by the Romans, but which have gained importance with them 3 See also 4 References Cities founded by the Romans[edit] 'This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. 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 Modicia 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 Duratón 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[edit] 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 See also[edit] Romanization Legacy of the Roman Empire Ancient Rome Roman Empire Roman colonies in antiquity References[edit] ^ The first purely Roman city to be established outside Italy ^ Oldest town in Belgium ^ 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