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 | |
Ephesus | ||
Fortified City of Carcassonne | Colonia Iulia Carcaso | |
Ghadames | Cydamus | |
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 | |
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 | ||
Trier | ||
Trogir | ||
Tyre | ||
Volubilis |
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