Roman Britain. Map from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain.[1]
This list includes only names documented from Roman times. For a more complete list including later Latin names, see List of Latin place names in Britain.
The early sources for Roman names show numerous variants and misspellings 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.
Note that in general only one source is shown below for each name, although many of the names are recorded in more than one of the sources.
Lists
Geographic regions
| Roman name | Modern region | Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Britannia | Great Britain | T |
| Hibernia | Ireland | T |
| Caledonia | Scotland | T |
Settlement names
See also
- List of Latin place names in Britain
- List of Latin place names in Continental Europe and Ireland
- Latin names of cities
- Latin names of regions
- Latin names of European countries
- History of Britain
- History of Ireland
- Roman sites in the United Kingdom
- United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
Primary sources
- AI: The Antonine Itinerary[8]
- P: Ptolemy's Geography[9]
- RC: The Ravenna Cosmography[10]
- T: Tacitus's On the Life and Character of Julius Agricola.
- SP: Confession of St. Patrick
- ND: Notitia Dignitatum
References
- ↑ A L F Rivet, Colin Smith (1979). The Place-names of Roman Britain. B.T. Batsford Limited. ISBN 978-0713420777.
- ↑ The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary. Mr. Thomas Hearne M. A. 1768.
- ↑ Finch Smith, Roger (1987). Roadside Settlements of Lowland Roman Britain. British Archaeological Reports British Series. p. 161. ISBN 0-86054-411-7.
- ↑ A Gazetteer of the World. A. Fullarton & Co. 1856.
- ↑ Bede (731). Historia Ecclesiastica.
- ↑ The discovery of the lost Roman town of Noviomagus, at West Wickham, Kent. Brian Philp, Gerald Clewley, Debbie Cooper. Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, Special Subject Series 26. 2021. ISBN 0947831371
- ↑ Walker, John (1834), "VIII. Observations to prove Filey Bay, in Yorkshire, the Portus Felix or Sinus Salutaris; and Flamborough Head, the Ocellum Promontorium, of the Romans", Archaeologia: or miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity, vol. 25, Society of Antiquaries of London, pp. 127–145
- ↑ "The Antonine Itinerary". The Roads of Roman Britain. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ↑ Thayer, Bill (1991). "Ptolemy's Geography - Book II, Chapter 2". LacusCurtius. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ↑ "Britannia in the Ravenna Cosmography". www.kmatthews.org.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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