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
[edit]Cities founded by the Roman Empire
[edit]Relics of remaining ancient Roman cities
[edit]| Conquest | Latin name | Modern-day | Modern country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th c. BC | Pompeii | Pompei | Italy |
| 338 BC | Capua | Capua | |
| 315 BC | Thessalonica | Thessaloniki | Greece |
| 3rd c. BC | Volubilis | Meknes | Morocco |
| 2nd c. AD | Sopianae | Pécs | Hungary |
| 500 BC | Arrabona | Győr | |
| 350 BC | Scarbantia | Sopron | |
| 293 BC | Barium | Bari | Italy |
| Antiochia | Antakya | Turkey | |
| 268 BC | Asculum | Ascoli Piceno | Italy |
| 229 BC | Dyrrachium | Durrës | Albania |
| 225 BC | Brixia | Brescia | Italy |
| 222 BC | Mediolanum | Milan | |
| 196 BC | Comum | Como | |
| 148 BC | Byzantium before 330 AD - Constantinopolis after 330 | Istanbul | Turkey |
| 146 BC | Colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis | Patras | Greece |
| Tingi | Tangier | Morocco | |
| 133 BC | Attalia | Antalya | Turkey |
| 89 BC | Patavium | Padua | Italy |
| 1st c. BC | Romula | Reşca, Dobrosloveni (Olt) | Romania |
| Sucidava | Corabia | ||
| Apollonia | Apollonia–Arsuf | Israel | |
| Vasio Vocontiorum | Vaison-la-Romaine | France | |
| 78 BC | Spalatum | Split | Croatia |
| 74 BC | Nicomedia | İzmit | Turkey |
| 72 BC | Nicaea | İznik | |
| 67 BC | Tarsus | Tarsus | |
| 64 BC | Berytus | Beirut | Lebanon |
| 29 BC[9] | Ulpia Serdica | Sofia | Bulgaria |
| 29 BC | Colonia Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria | Archar, Vidin | |
| 15 BC | Poetovio | Ptuj | Slovenia |
| Neviodunum | Drnovo | ||
| Celeia | Celje | ||
| Nauportus | Vrhnika | ||
| 9 AD | Solva | Esztergom | Hungary |
| 10 AD | Colonia Ulpia Oescensium (Oescus) | Gigen, Pleven | Bulgaria |
| 15 AD [10] | Odessos | Varna | |
| 44 AD | Colonia Claudia Caesarea | Cherchell | Algeria |
| 46 AD | Aquae Calidae | Burgas | Bulgaria |
| Cabyle | Kabile, Yambol | ||
| Develtos | Debelt, Burgas | ||
| Philippopolis | Plovdiv | ||
| Ulpia Augusta Traiana | Stara Zagora | ||
| Diocletianopolis | Hisarya | ||
| 64 AD | Trapezus | Trabzon | Turkey |
| 69 AD | Sexaginta Prista | Ruse | Bulgaria |
| 1st century AD | Drobeta | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | Romania |
| late 1st or early 2nd century AD | Abritus | Razgrad | Bulgaria |
| 106 AD | Marcianopolis | Devnya | |
| Durostorum | Silistra | ||
| earliest preserved mention of the city from 106 AD | Pautalia | Kyustendil | |
| 117 AD | Artaxata | Artashat | Armenia |
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ The first purely Roman city to be established outside Italy
- ↑ Oldest city in Belgium
- ↑ It has a claim to being the oldest city in Germany
- ↑ Oldest city in the Netherlands
- ↑ Oldest city in Slovenia
- ↑ It has a claim to being the oldest city in Britain
- ↑ Oldest city in Hungary
- ↑ Oldest city in Poland
- ↑ "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), SE´RDICA". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
- ↑ "ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS FROM ANCIENT ODESSOS HOLD GREAT POTENTIAL FOR CULTURAL TOURISM IN BULGARIA'S VARNA, MUSEUM DIRECTOR SAYS". Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.