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List of Roman place names in Britain

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A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain.

This list includes only names documented from Roman times.

The early sources for Roman names show numerous variants and mis-spellings of the Latin names. Moreover one of the principal authorities, Ptolemy, wrote in Greek so names that he records need to be transliterated back into Latin to reveal the original form.

Country names

 
Roman name Modern name Source
Albion Great Britain Ptolemy
Britannia Great Britain Tacitus
Cambria Wales (Cymru)  
Caledonia Scotland Tacitus
Hibernia Ireland  
 

City/Town names

 
Roman name Modern name Source
Anavio Brough-on-Noe, Hope Valley, Derbyshire  
Aquae Arnemetiae Buxton, Derbyshire  
Aquae Sulis Bath  
Ardotalia Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire  
Caeseromagus Chelmsford, Essex AI
Calcaria Tadcaster, North Yorkshire AI
Calleva Atrebatum Silchester AI
Camulodunum Colchester Ravenna
Clausentum Bitterne, Hampshire  
Condate Northwich, Cheshire AI
Corinium Dobunnorum Cirencester  
Coria Corbridge  
Danum Doncaster  
Deva Chester  
Dubris Dover AI
Durnovaria Dorchester  
Durocobrivis Dunstable  
Durocornovium Swindon  
Durolipons Cambridge  
Durolitum Romford  
Durovernum Cantiacorum Canterbury  
Eboracum York Ptolemy
Garrianonum Burgh Castle  
Glevum Colonia Gloucester  
Hortonium Halifax  
Isca Dumnoniorum Exeter AI
Isca Augusta Caerleon  
Lactodorum Towcester  
Lagentium Castleford  
Lindinis Ilchester  
Lindum Colonia Lincoln  
Londinium London Ptolemy
Mamucium Manchester  
Mediolanum Whitchurch, Shropshire  
Navio See Anavio  
Noviomagus Reginorum Chichester  
Noviomagus Cantiacorum Crayford 
Ratae Corieltauvorum Leicester  
Segontium Caernarfon  
Vagniacea Springhead, Kent  
Venta Belgarum Winchester AI
Verulamium St Albans Tacitus
Vinovia Binchester, Durham Ptolemy
Viroconium Cornoviorum Wroxeter, Shropshire  
Vindolanda Chesterholme  
 
 

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