Ancient Roman colonies
Colonies or trading posts of Ancient Rome (outside of current Italy), with a significant Roman population.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Arles | Iulia Paterna Sextanoum | |
| Baalbek | ||
| Bordeaux | Bordeaux (Burdigala) : Palais Gallien | |
| Bosra | Once the capital of the Roman province of Arabia Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)- started as a Roman military camp and grew to become a town from the 5th century | |
| Budapest | Aquincum | |
| Butrint | After the arrival of the Romans in 44BC, Butrint became a Roman colony in the province of Illyria and expanded considerably, on reclaimed marshland. It was equipped with the usual appurtenances of a Roman city. (AB Ev) | |
| Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin | Bet Guvrin was the seat of a Roman governorate during the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE. It was at this time one of the most important cities in Roman Palestine and a major crossroads. (AB ev) | |
| City of Bath | Aquae Sulis | |
| Djémila | The city was initially populated by a colony of Roman soldiers from Italy, and eventually grew to become a large trading market. (wiki) | |
| Ephesus | ||
| Fortified City of Carcassonne | Colonia Iulia Carcaso | |
| Ghadames | Cydamus | |
| Great Spa Towns of Europe | Baden Baden, Bath | |
| Kotor | Risan | |
| Leptis Magna | ||
| Lyon | Lugdunum | |
| Medina of Sousse | Hadrumetum | |
| Mudejar Architecture of Aragon | La Seo Cathedral in Zaragoza is located above the ancient Roman forum of Caesaraugusta. | |
| Mérida | Emerita Augusta | |
| Nice | Cimiez (Cemenelum) | |
| Old City of Jerusalem | Colonia Aelia Capitolina | |
| Oporto | Romans establisned a town there in the 1st century bc, under the name of Portus <= the port>. (AB ev) | |
| Orange | Colonia Julia Firma Secundanorum Arausio | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | Lutetia | |
| Pont du Gard | Was built to meet the needs of the colony Nemausu | |
| Regensburg | Regensburg was known as Castra Regina, there was a large Roman military post and a town; remains are left from the Porta Praetoria | |
| Split | ||
| Tarraco | Tarraco | |
| Tauric Chersonese | It was subject to Rome from the middle of the 1st century BC until the 370s AD (wiki) | |
| Timgad | Timgad was created ex nihilo as a military colony by the Emperor Trajan in AD 100. (official description) | |
| Trier | ||
| Trogir | ||
| Tyre | ||
| Volubilis |
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