List of cities founded by the Romans

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

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 pre-imperial Romans FoundationLatin nameModern-dayModern country 753 BC RomaRome Italy 273 BC CosaOrbetello 268 BC Ariminum Rimini 220 BC Belum Belluno 218 BC Placentia Piacenza Tarraco Tarragona Spain 206 BC Italica Santiponce SpainThe first purely Roman city to be established outside Italy 3rd c. BC Modoetia Monza Italy 197 BC Salernum Salerno 189 BC Bononia Bologna 188 BC Forum Livii Forlì 187 BC Regium Lepidi Reggio Emilia 181 BC Aquileia Aquileia 169 BC Colonia Patricia Corduba Córdoba Spain 138 BC Valentia Edetanorum Valencia Scalabis Santarém Portugal 136 BC Villa Euracini Póvoa de Varzim 123 BC Palma Palma de MallorcaSpain 118 BC Colonia Narbo Martius Narbonne France 2nd c. BC Massa Massa ItalyPistoria Pistoia 95 BC Confloenta Duratón Spain 77 BC Gerunda Girona 74 BC Pompaelo Pamplona 73 BC Naissus Niš Serbia 62 BC Brigantium A Coruña Spain 59 BC Florentia Florence Italy 58 BC Vesontio Besançon France50 BC Iulia Aemona Ljubljana SloveniaAtuatuca Tungrorum Tongeren BelgiumOldest city in Belgium49 BC Iulia Romula Hispalis Seville Spain45 BC Pietas Iulia Pola Pula CroatiaIader Zadar Salona Solin Narona Vid Epidaurum Cavtat 44 BC Augusta Raurica Augst SwitzerlandNoviodunum Nyon 43 BC Lugdunum Lyon France35 BC SisciaSisak Croatia30 BC MarsoniaSlavonski Brod Augusta Treverorum Trier GermanyIt has a claim to being the oldest city in Germany29–19 BC Castra Legionis León Spain28 BC Augusta Taurinorum Turin Italy

Cities founded by the Roman Empire FoundationLatin nameModern-dayModern country25 BC Augusta Praetoria Salassorum Aosta ItalyEmerita Augusta Mérida SpainNorba Caesarina Cáceres Lucus Augusta Lugo 25–13 BC Caesarea Caesarea Israel20 BC Bracara Augusta BragaPortugal16 BC Curia Raetorum ChurSwitzerlandNovaesium Neuss Germany15 BC Castra Vetera (from 15 BC to 110 AD) - Colonia Ulpia Traiana (after 110 AD) Xanten Pons Drusi Bolzano ItalyOvilava Wels AustriaIuvavum Salzburg Augusta Vindelicorum Augsburg GermanyTuricum Zürich Switzerland14 BC Asturica Augusta Astorga SpainBorbetomagus Worms GermanyCaesaraugusta Zaragoza SpainSirmium Sremska Mitrovica SerbiaSorviodurum Straubing Germany13–12 BC Mogontiacum Mainz 12 BC Argentoratum Strasbourg France11 BC Bonna Bonn Germany10 BC Noviomagus Speyer 9 BC Castellum apud Confluentes Koblenz 1st c. BC Divodurum Metz FranceCaesaromagus Beauvais Ambianum Amiens Faventia Paterna Barcino Barcelona SpainAbila Ávila Lousonna Lausanne SwitzerlandUlpia Noviomagus BatavorumNijmegenNetherlandsOldest city in the NetherlandsPoetovium Ptuj SloveniaOldest city in Slovenia6 AD RigomagusRemagen GermanyAquae MattiacorumWiesbaden 9 AD MursaOsijek Croatia15 AD VindonissaWindisch Switzerland16 AD AventicumAvenches 20 AD TiberiasTiberias Israel39 AD Praetorium AgrippinaeValkenburg Netherlands40 AD Lopodunum Ladenburg Germany41 AD Lugdunum BatavorumKatwijk Netherlands42 AD AequumČitluk Croatia43 AD CamulodunumColchester United KingdomIt has a claim to being the oldest city in BritainLondiniumLondon United KingdomAlbanianisAlphen aan den Rijn NetherlandsLauriWoerden Durovernum CantiacorumCanterbury United KingdomRegulbiumReculver RutupiaeRichborough NovaeSvishtov Bulgaria45 AD Colonia Claudia Savariensum Szombathely HungaryOldest city in Hungary46 AD ViminaciumKostolac Serbia47 AD Traiectum UtrechtNetherlandsMatilo LeidenForum Hadriani VoorburgNigrum Pullum Zwammerdam48 AD Lindum Colonia Lincoln United Kingdom50 AD Ratae Corieltauvorum Leicester Durocobrivis Dunstable Colonia Agrippina Cologne GermanyDurocornovium Swindon United KingdomVerulamium St. Albans Letocetum Wall Dubris Dover Danum Doncaster 52 AD Mediolanum Whitchurch 55 AD Isca Dumnoniorum Exeter Blestium Monmouth 58 AD Viroconium Cornoviorum Wroxeter 60 AD Aquae Sulis Bath Durnovaria Dorchester Lindinis Ilchester Ad Flexum Mosonmagyaróvár Hungary70 AD Clausentum Southampton United KingdomVenta Belgarum Winchester Calleva Atrebatum Silchester Duroliponte Cambridge Concangis Chester-le-Street Condate Northwich Corinium Dobunnorum Cirencester 71 AD Eboracum York 72 AD Luguvalium Carlisle 73 AD Arae Flaviae Rottweil Germany74 AD Isca Augusta Caerleon United KingdomLagentium Castleford 75 AD Moridunum Carmarthen Venta Silurum Caerwent 79 AD Deva Victrix Chester Mamucium Manchester Olicana Ilkley Vinovia Binchester 80 AD Inveresk Roman Fort Musselburgh 83 AD Bonames (present-city district) Frankfurt Germany85 AD Coria Corbridge United KingdomGerulata Bratislava Slovakia89 AD VindobonaVienna Austria90 AD Biriciana Weißenburg in BayernGermanyCannstatt Castrum Stuttgart97 AD Colonia Nervia GlevensiumGloucester United Kingdom98 AD SumelocennaRottenburg am Neckar GermanyTraiectum ad NicremHeidelberg 1st c. AD Castra BatavarPassau NidaFrankfurt LactodurumTowcester United KingdomBoviumCowbridge BurgodunumLeedsLentiaLinzAustriaAquae GranniAachenGermanyPortus Victoriae IuliobrigensiumSantander SpainComplutumAlcalá de HenaresAeminiumCoimbraPortugalTraiectum ad Mosam MaastrichtNetherlandsCoriovallum HeerlenPortus LemanisLympne United KingdomAndautoniaZagreb CroatiaCibalaeVinkovci Aquae HelveticaeBaden Switzerland Gesoriacum Boulogne-sur-Mer France Storgosia Pleven Bulgaria Comagenis Tulln Austria100 AD Sostra Lomets, LovechBulgaria 101-106 AD Nicopolis ad Istrum Nikyup, Veliko Tarnovo103 AD Aquincum Budapest Hungary103-105 AD Drobeta Drobeta-Turnu Severin Romania106 AD Nicopolis ad Nestum GarmenBulgariaPorolissum Moigrad RomaniaApulum Alba Iulia 107 AD Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa Sarmizegetusa, Hunedoara 107-108 AD Napoca Cluj-Napoca Potaissa Turda 120 AD Pons Aelius Newcastle upon Tyne United KingdomDurovigutum Godmanchester 125 AD Hadrianopolis Edirne Turkey131 AD Aelia Capitolina Jerusalem (part of) Israel / State of Palestine150 AD Ala AalenGermany179 AD Castra Regina Regensburg2nd c. AD TherandaPrizren KosovoSitifisSetif Algeria ConstantineConstantine Pomaria Tlemcen Partiscum Szeged HungaryCalisia KaliszPolandOldest city in Poland3rd c. AD Desa Desa, DoljRomania210 AD Aurelia Aquensis Baden-BadenGermany273 AD Urbs Aurelianorum OrléansFranceearly 4th century ADKovachevsko kale Kovachevo, TargovishteBulgaria421 AD VenetiaeVenice Italy7th c. AD RagusiumDubrovnik Croatia

Relics of remaining ancient Roman cities ConquestLatin nameModern-dayModern country4th c. BC Pompeii Pompei Italy338 BC Capua Capua 315 BC Thessalonica Thessaloniki Greece3rd c. BC Volubilis MeknesMorocco2nd c. AD Sopianae Pécs Hungary500 BC Arrabona Győr 350 BC Scarbantia Sopron 293 BC Barium Bari ItalyAntiochia Antakya Turkey268 BC Asculum Ascoli Piceno Italy229 BC Dyrrachium Durrës Albania225 BC Brixia Brescia Italy222 BC Mediolanum Milan 196 BC Comum Como 148 BC Byzantium before 330 AD - Constantinopolis after 330 IstanbulTurkey146 BC Colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis Patras GreeceTingi Tangier Morocco133 BC Attalia Antalya Turkey89 BC Patavium Padua Italy 1st c. BC Romula Reşca, Dobrosloveni (Olt)RomaniaSucidava Corabia Apollonia Apollonia–Arsuf IsraelVasio Vocontiorum Vaison-la-Romaine France78 BC Spalatum Split Croatia74 BC Nicomedia İzmit Turkey72 BC Nicaea İznik 67 BC Tarsus Tarsus 64 BC Berytus Beirut Lebanon29 BCUlpia Serdica SofiaBulgaria 29 BC Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria Archar, Vidin 15 BC Poetovio Ptuj SloveniaNeviodunum Drnovo Celeia Celje Nauportus Vrhnika 9 AD Solva Esztergom Hungary10 AD Colonia Ulpia Oescensium (Oescus) Gigen, PlevenBulgaria 15 AD Odessos Varna44 AD Colonia Claudia Caesarea Cherchell Algeria46 ADAquae Calidae BurgasBulgariaCabyle Kabile, YambolDeveltos Debelt, BurgasPhilippopolisPlovdivUlpia Augusta TraianaStara ZagoraDiocletianopolis Hisarya64 AD Trapezus Trabzon Turkey69 AD Sexaginta Prista Ruse Bulgaria 1st century AD Drobeta Drobeta-Turnu Severin Romanialate 1st or early 2nd century AD Abritus RazgradBulgaria106 ADMarcianopolis DevnyaDurostorum Silistraearliest preserved mention of the city from 106 AD Pautalia Kyustendil117 AD Artaxata ArtashatArmenia

See also

Legacy of the Roman Empire Roman Empire Romanization (cultural)

References