Ancient Roman colonies

Connected Sites: 38

Colonies or trading posts of Ancient Rome (outside of current Italy), with a significant Roman population.

Connected Sites

  • Volubilis
    Volubilis
    Morocco
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.40
    209
    6
  • Trier
    Trier
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.48
    318
    9
  • Split
    Split
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.53
    359
    11
  • Trogir
    Trogir
    Croatia
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.06
    286
    8
  • Leptis Magna
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.91
    30
    2
  • Baalbek
    Baalbek
    Lebanon
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.99
    101
    5
  • Tyre
    Tyre
    Lebanon
    Inscribed: 1984
    2.78
    74
    5
  • Lyon
    Lyon
    France
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.22
    306
    9
    Lugdunum
  • Tarraco
    Tarraco
    Spain
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.85
    179
    9
    Tarraco
  • Orange
    Orange
    France
    Inscribed: 1981
    2.85
    230
    11
    Colonia Julia Firma Secundanorum Arausio
  • City of Bath
    City of Bath
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.57
    409
    13
    Aquae Sulis
  • Regensburg
    Regensburg
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2006
    3.07
    281
    9
    Regensburg was known as Castra Regina, there was a large Roman military post and a town; remains are left from the Porta Praetoria
  • Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
    Inscribed: 1986
    3.15
    154
    10
    La Seo Cathedral in Zaragoza is located above the ancient Roman forum of Caesaraugusta.
  • Medina of Sousse
    Inscribed: 1988
    2.84
    153
    5
    Hadrumetum
  • Fortified City of Carcassonne
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.87
    299
    14
    Colonia Iulia Carcaso
  • Tauric Chersonese
    Inscribed: 2013
    2.83
    22
    4
    It was subject to Rome from the middle of the 1st century BC until the 370s AD (wiki)
  • Pont du Gard
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.69
    304
    12
    Was built to meet the needs of the colony Nemausu
  • Maison Carrée of Nîmes
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.75
    172
    4
    Nîmes became a Roman colony as Colonia Nemausus sometime before 28 BCE (wiki)
  • Mérida
    Mérida
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.21
    167
    6
    Emerita Augusta
  • Budapest
    Budapest
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.88
    545
    15
    Aquincum
  • Ephesus
    Ephesus
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 2015
    4.10
    267
    6
  • Cordoba
    Cordoba
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.18
    376
    9
    Colonia Patricia
    See www.turismodecordoba.org
  • Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
    Inscribed: 2014
    3.25
    60
    9
    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)
  • Bosra
    Bosra
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.06
    48
    6
    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
  • Bordeaux
    Bordeaux
    France
    Inscribed: 2007
    3.27
    259
    7
    Bordeaux (Burdigala) : Palais Gallien
  • Timgad
    Timgad
    Algeria
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.37
    38
    4
    Timgad was created ex nihilo as a military colony by the Emperor Trajan in AD 100. (official description)
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    680
    20
    Lutetia
  • Oporto
    Oporto
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.87
    381
    11
    Romans establisned a town there in the 1st century bc, under the name of Portus <= the port>. (AB ev)
  • Old City of Jerusalem
    Inscribed: 1981
    4.36
    274
    12
    Colonia Aelia Capitolina
  • Nice
    Nice
    France
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.78
    353
    5
    Cimiez (Cemenelum)
  • Lower German Limes
    Lower German Limes
    Germany, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2021
    1.84
    198
    8
    Cologne was promoted to a "colonia" by Emperor Claudius in AD 50. (Nomination file, p. 48) - Colonia Ulpia Traiana (Xanten) was elevated to a Roman colony by Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. (wiki)
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Kotor
    Kotor
    Montenegro
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.79
    303
    12
    Risan
  • Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.28
    442
    16
    Baden Baden, Bath
  • Inscribed: 1986
    3.49
    19
    1
    Cydamus
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Danube Limes
    Danube Limes
    Austria, Germany, Slovakia
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.06
    246
    6
    Carnuntum (ID No 31): At the end of the 2nd century, the Upper Pannonian governor Septimius Severus was proclaimed emperor there by the Danubian legions and the civilian city was subsequently elevated to the rank of a colony.
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Butrint
    Butrint
    Albania
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.30
    155
    9
    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)
  • Arles
    Arles
    France
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.43
    286
    8
    Iulia Paterna Sextanoum
  • Djémila
    Djémila
    Algeria
    Inscribed: 1982
    3.40
    39
    3
    The city was initially populated by a colony of Roman soldiers from Italy, and eventually grew to become a large trading market. (wiki)