List of cities founded by the Romans

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This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans.

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It lists cities 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 in antiquity rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global empires.

Cities founded by Roman Empire

FoundationLatin nameModern-dayModern country
753 BCRoma Rome Italy
273 BC Cosa Orbetello Italy
268 BCAriminum Rimini Italy
220 BCBelum Belluno Italy
218 BCPlacentia Piacenza Italy
218 BC Tarraco Tarragona Spain
206 BC Italica Santiponce Spain [1]
3rd c. BCModoetia Monza Italy
197 BC Salernum Salerno Italy
189 BCBononia Bologna Italy
188 BC Forum Livii Forlì Italy
187 BC Regium Lepidi Reggio Emilia Italy
181 BC Aquileia Aquileia Italy
169 BCColonia Patricia Corduba Córdoba Spain
138 BCValentia Edetanorum Valencia Spain
138 BC Scalabis Santarém Portugal
136 BCVilla Euracini Póvoa de Varzim Portugal
123 BCPalma Palma de Mallorca Spain
118 BCColonia Narbo Martius Narbonne France
2nd c. BCMassa Massa Italy
2nd c. BC Pistoria Pistoia Italy
95 BCConfloenta Duratón Spain
77 BC Gerunda Girona Spain
74 BCPompaelo Pamplona Spain
73 BCNaissus Niš Serbia
62 BCBrigantium A Coruña Spain
59 BC Florentia Florence Italy
58 BC Vesontio Besançon France
52 BC Lutetia Parisiorum Paris France
50 BC Iulia Aemona Ljubljana Slovenia
50 BC Atuatuca Tungrorum Tongeren Belgium [2]
49 BCIulia Romula Hispalis Seville Spain
45 BC Pietas Iulia Pola Pula Croatia
45 BC Iader Zadar Croatia
45 BC Salona Solin Croatia
45 BC Narona Vid Croatia
45BC Epidaurum Cavtat Croatia
44 BC Augusta Raurica Augst Switzerland
44 BC Noviodunum Nyon Switzerland
43 BC Lugdunum Lyon France
35 BCSiscia Sisak Croatia
30 BCMarsonia Slavonski Brod Croatia
30 BC Augusta Treverorum Trier Germany [3]
29–19 BCCastra Legionis León Spain
28 BC Augusta Taurinorum Turin Italy
25 BC Augusta Praetoria Salassorum Aosta Italy
25 BC Emerita Augusta Mérida Spain
25 BCNorba Caesarina Cáceres Spain
25 BCLucus Augusta Lugo Spain
25–13 BCCaesarea Caesarea Israel
20 BC Bracara Augusta Braga Portugal
16 BC Curia Raetorum Chur Switzerland
16 BC Novaesium Neuss Germany
15 BC Castra Vetera (15 BC to 110 AD) - Colonia Ulpia Traiana (after 110 AD) Xanten Germany
15 BCPons Drusi Bolzano Italy
15 BC Ovilava Wels Austria
15 BC Iuvavum Salzburg Austria
15 BC Augusta Vindelicorum Augsburg Germany
15 BC Turicum Zürich Switzerland
14 BCAsturica Augusta Astorga Spain
14 BCBorbetomagus Worms Germany
14 BC Caesaraugusta Zaragoza Spain
14 BC Sirmium Sremska Mitrovica Serbia
14 BCSorviodurum Straubing Germany
13–12 BC Mogontiacum Mainz Germany
12 BC Argentoratum Strasbourg France
11 BC Bonna Bonn Germany
10 BCNoviomagus Speyer Germany
9 BCCastellum apud Confluentes Koblenz Germany
1st c. BC Divodurum Metz France
1st c. BCCaesaromagus Beauvais France
1st c. BCAmbianum Amiens France
1st c. BCFaventia Paterna Barcino Barcelona Spain
1st c. BCAbila Ávila Spain
1st c. BC Lousonna Lausanne Switzerland
1st c. BC Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum Nijmegen Netherlands [4]
1st c. BC Poetovium Ptuj Slovenia [5]
6 ADRigomagus Remagen Germany
6 ADAquae Mattiacorum Wiesbaden Germany
9 ADMursa Osijek Croatia
15 AD Vindonissa Windisch Switzerland
16 AD Aventicum Avenches Switzerland
20 AD Tiberias Tiberias Israel
39 AD Praetorium Agrippinae Valkenburg Netherlands
40 AD Lopodunum Ladenburg Germany
41 AD Lugdunum Batavorum Katwijk Netherlands
42 AD Aequum Čitluk Croatia
43 AD Camulodunum Colchester United Kingdom [6]
43 AD Londinium London United Kingdom
43 ADAlbanianis Alphen aan den Rijn Netherlands
43 ADLauri Woerden Netherlands
43 AD Durovernum Cantiacorum Canterbury United Kingdom
43 AD Regulbium Reculver United Kingdom
43 AD Rutupiae Richborough United Kingdom
43 AD Novae Svishtov Bulgaria
45 ADColonia Claudia Savariensum Szombathely Hungary [7]
46 AD Viminacium Kostolac Serbia
47 AD Traiectum Utrecht Netherlands
47 AD Matilo Leiden Netherlands
47 ADForum Hadriani Voorburg Netherlands
47 ADNigrum Pullum Zwammerdam Netherlands
48 AD Lindum Colonia Lincoln United Kingdom
50 AD Ratae Corieltauvorum Leicester United Kingdom
50 ADDurocobrivis Dunstable United Kingdom
50 AD Colonia Agrippina Cologne Germany
50 AD Durocornovium Swindon United Kingdom
50 AD Verulamium St. Albans United Kingdom
50 AD Letocetum Wall United Kingdom
50 AD Dubris Dover United Kingdom
50 ADDanum Doncaster United Kingdom
52 AD Mediolanum Whitchurch United Kingdom
55 AD Isca Dumnoniorum Exeter United Kingdom
55 AD Blestium Monmouth United Kingdom
58 AD Viroconium Cornoviorum Wroxeter United Kingdom
60 AD Aquae Sulis Bath United Kingdom
60 AD Durnovaria Dorchester United Kingdom
60 AD Lindinis Ilchester United Kingdom
60 ADAd Flexum Mosonmagyaróvár Hungary
70 AD Clausentum Southampton United Kingdom
70 AD Venta Belgarum Winchester United Kingdom
70 AD Calleva Atrebatum Silchester United Kingdom
70 AD Duroliponte Cambridge United Kingdom
70 AD Concangis Chester-le-Street United Kingdom
70 ADCondate Northwich United Kingdom
70 AD Corinium Dobunnorum Cirencester United Kingdom
71 AD Eboracum York United Kingdom
72 AD Luguvalium Carlisle United Kingdom
73 ADArae Flaviae Rottweil Germany
74 AD Isca Augusta Caerleon United Kingdom
74 AD Lagentium Castleford United Kingdom
75 AD Moridunum Carmarthen United Kingdom
75 AD Venta Silurum Caerwent United Kingdom
79 AD Deva Victrix Chester United Kingdom
79 AD Mamucium Manchester United Kingdom
79 AD Olicana Ilkley United Kingdom
79 AD Vinovia Binchester United Kingdom
80 AD Inveresk Roman Fort Musselburgh United Kingdom
83 AD Bonames (present city district) Frankfurt Germany
85 AD Coria Corbridge United Kingdom
85 AD Gerulata Bratislava Slovakia
89 AD Vindobona Vienna Austria
90 ADBiriciana Weißenburg in Bayern Germany
90 ADCannstatt Castrum Stuttgart Germany
97 AD Colonia Nervia Glevensium Gloucester United Kingdom
98 ADSumelocenna Rottenburg am Neckar Germany
98 ADTraiectum ad Nicrem Heidelberg Germany
1st c. ADCastra Batavar Passau Germany
1st c. ADNida Frankfurt Germany
1st c. AD Lactodurum Towcester United Kingdom
1st c. AD Bovium Cowbridge United Kingdom
1st c. ADBurgodunum Leeds United Kingdom
1st c. AD Lentia Linz Austria
1st c. ADAquae Granni Aachen Germany
1st c. ADPortus Victoriae Iuliobrigensium Santander Spain
1st c. AD Complutum Alcalá de Henares Spain
1st c. AD Aeminium Coimbra Portugal
1st c. ADTraiectum ad Mosam Maastricht Netherlands
1st c. ADCoriovallum Heerlen Netherlands
1st c. AD Portus Lemanis Lympne United Kingdom
1st c. AD Andautonia Zagreb Croatia
1st c. ADCibalae Vinkovci Croatia
1st c. AD Aquae Helveticae Baden Switzerland
1st c. ADGesoriacum Boulogne-sur-Mer France
1st c. AD Storgosia Pleven Bulgaria
1st c. ADComagenis Tulln Austria
100 AD Sostra Lomets, Lovech Bulgaria
101-106 AD Nicopolis ad Istrum Nikyup, Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria
103 AD Aquincum Budapest Hungary
103-105 AD Drobeta Drobeta-Turnu Severin Romania
106 AD Nicopolis ad Nestum Garmen Bulgaria
106 AD Porolissum Moigrad Romania
106 AD Apulum Alba Iulia Romania
107 AD Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa Sarmizegetusa, Hunedoara Romania
107-108 AD Napoca Cluj-Napoca Romania
107-108 AD Potaissa Turda Romania
120 AD Pons Aelius Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom
120 ADDurovigutum Godmanchester United Kingdom
125 ADHadrianopolis Edirne Turkey
131 AD Aelia Capitolina Jerusalem (part of) Israel / State of Palestine
150 ADAla Aalen Germany
179 ADCastra Regina Regensburg Germany
2nd c. AD Theranda Prizren Kosovo
2nd c. AD Sitifis Setif Algeria
2nd c. AD Constantine Constantine Algeria
2nd c. AD Pomaria Tlemcen Algeria
2nd c. AD Partiscum Szeged Hungary
2nd c. AD Calisia Kalisz Poland [8]
3rd c. AD Desa Desa, Dolj Romania
210 ADAurelia Aquensis Baden-Baden Germany
273 ADUrbs Aurelianorum Orléans France
early 4th century AD Kovachevsko kale Kovachevo, Targovishte Bulgaria
421 ADVenetiae Venice Italy
7th c. ADRagusium Dubrovnik Croatia

Relics of remaining cities from the Roman Empire

ConquestLatin nameModern-dayModern country
4th c. BC Pompeii Pompei Italy
338 BCCapua Capua Italy
315 BC Thessalonica Thessaloniki Greece
3rd c. BC Volubilis Meknes Morocco
2st c. ADSopianae Pécs Hungary
500 BCArrabona Győr Hungary
350 BCScarbantia Sopron Hungary
293 BCBarium Bari Italy
293 BCAntiochia Antakya Turkey
268 BCAsculum Ascoli Piceno Italy
229 BCDyrrachium Durrës Albania
225 BCBrixia Brescia Italy
222 BC Mediolanum Milan Italy
196 BCComum Como Italy
148 BC Byzantium before 330 AD - Constantinopolis after 330 AD Istanbul Turkey
146 BCColonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis Patras Greece
146 BC Tingi Tangier Morocco
133 BCAttalia Antalya Turkey
89 BCPatavium Padua Italy
1st c. BC Romula Reşca,Dobrosloveni Romania
1st c. BC Sucidava Corabia Romania
1st c. BCApollonia Apollonia–Arsuf Israel
78 BCSpalatum Split Croatia
74 BC Nicomedia İzmit Turkey
72 BC Nicaea İznik Turkey
67 BCTarsus Tarsus Turkey
64 BC Berytus Beirut Lebanon
29 BC [9] Ulpia Serdica Sofia Bulgaria
29 BC Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria Archar, Vidin Bulgaria
15 BCPoetovio Ptuj Slovenia
15 BCNeviodunum Drnovo Slovenia
15 BCCeleia Celje Slovenia
15 BCNauportus Vrhnika Slovenia
9 ADSolva Esztergom Hungary
10 AD Colonia Ulpia Oescensium (Oescus) Gigen, Pleven Bulgaria
15 AD [10] Odessos Varna Bulgaria
44 ADColonia Claudia Caesarea Cherchell Algeria
46 AD Aquae Calidae Burgas Bulgaria
46 AD Cabyle Kabile, Yambol Bulgaria
46 AD Develtos Debelt, Burgas Bulgaria
46 AD Philippopolis Plovdiv Bulgaria
46 ADUlpia Augusta Traiana Stara Zagora Bulgaria
46 AD Diocletianopolis Hisarya Bulgaria
64 ADTrapezus Trabzon Turkey
69 ADSexaginta Prista Ruse Bulgaria
1st century AD Drobeta Drobeta-Turnu Severin Romania
late 1st or early 2nd century AD Abritus Razgrad Bulgaria
106AD Marcianopolis Devnya Bulgaria
106 ADDurostorum Silistra Bulgaria
earliest preserved mention of the city from 106 ADPautalia Kyustendil Bulgaria
117 AD Artaxata Artashat Armenia

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  1. The first purely Roman city to be established outside Italy
  2. Oldest city in Belgium
  3. It has a claim to being the oldest city in Germany
  4. Oldest city in the Netherlands
  5. Oldest city in Slovenia
  6. It has a claim to being the oldest city in Britain
  7. Oldest city in Hungary
  8. Oldest city in Poland
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