Most towns grew from forts and many forts had a civilian settlement or vicus outside its walls to provide goods and services to the soldiers stationed there.

Modern names for roman towns. Roman Names of Towns Cities in Europe Current Name Roman Name Alicante Spain Lucentum Ankara Turkey Acyra Aswan Egypt Syene Athens Greece Athenae Barcelona Spain Barcino Belgrade Yugoslavia Singidunum. Names ending in -ter or -ster fort so towns such as Chester could originally have been Roman. This name generator will generate 10 random town names most of which are English.

The somewhat terse description town covers a multitude of possibilities. Large towns small towns towns formed from pre-Roman settlements oppida or based on tribal territories. Modern Name Map Cythnus Kythnos Thermia -Dacia Romania-Dalmatia Yugoslavia-Divodurum Metz 6 Dyrrachium Durrës Durazzo -Emerita Merida-Eporedia Ivrea 1 Etruria Tuscany 1 5 Fanum Fortunae Fano 1 5 Ferentis 5.

The early sources for Roman names show numerous variants and misspellings of the Latinnames. Map from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. For a more complete list including later Latinnames see List of Latin place names in Britain.

Verulamium St Albans Lindum Lincoln Eboracum York Every town with a name ending in chester or. AvellinoE of Naples Italy. LatinRoman name Modern English name Verulamium Luguvalium Aquae Sulis Ratae Corieltauvorum Andreanae Pons Aelius Bangertium Glascouium Eboracum Oxonium.

There have been several variations of the name that have also been popular including Eva and Eve. Alchester Roman town Ancaster Roman town Aquae Arnemetiae Aquae Sulis Ariconium. This list includes only names documented from Roman times.

Following is a List of Cities stating the Latin and equivalent English name s Latin. While most are English theres still plenty of different themes and varieties. What were the names of the Roman towns.