A partial list of Roman place names in Britain (also includes Ireland, Faeroe Islands and Iceland) and their modern equivalents.

Contents

1 Region/state names 2 Island names 3 City names 4 See also 5 External links

Region/state names

Latin	English name [other name]
Albion	Great Britain[PG]
Caledonia	Scotland
Cambria	Wales
Hibernia	Ireland

Island names

Latin	English name [other name]
Malaeus	Mull [PG]
Mona	Anglesey [PG]
Monaoeda	Isle of Man [PG]
Orcades	Orkney [PG]
Scetis	Skye [PG]
Taniatide	Thanet [RC]
Vectis	Isle of Wight [PG]

Key:

PG = Ptolemy's Geography

RC = Ravenna Cosmography (7th cent.)

City names

Latin	English names, [other name]
Aquae Sulis	Bath
Ardotalia	Gamesley, Glossop. Derbyshire
Caeseromagus	Chelmsford, Essex
Calcaria	Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
Calleva	Silchester
Camulodunum	Colchester
Cantabria	Cambridge
Clausentum	Bitterne , Hampshire
Corinium	Cirencester
Corstopitum	Corbridge
Deva	Chester
Dubris	Dover
Dunelm	Durham
Durnovaria	Dorchester
Durocobrivis	Dunstable
Durocornovium	Swindon
Durolitum	Romford
Durovernum Cantiacorum	Canterbury
Eboracum	York
Garrianonum	Burgh Castle
Glevum Colonia	Gloucester
Halifacium, Hortonium	Halifax
Isca	Exeter
Isca Silurium	Caerleon
Lactodorum	Towcester
Lindum Colonia	Lincoln
Londinium	London
Mamucium	Manchester
Mediolanum	Whitchurch, Shropshire
Noviomagus	Chichester
Oxonia	Oxford
Ratae Coritanorum	Leicester
Segontium	Caernarfon
Venta Belgarum	Winchester
Verulamium	St Albans
Viroconium	Wroxeter, Shropshire
Vindolanda	Chesterholm

See also

• Latin names of cities
• Latin names of European cities
• Latin names of geographical features
• Latin names of islands
• Latin names of lakes
• Latin names of mountains
• Latin names of regions
• Roman place names

• History of Britain
• History of Iceland
• History of Ireland
• Roman sites in the United Kingdom

External links

• List of Roman Place names in Great Britain and Ireland