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Latin Names for Places in Modern France

Latin and French Place Equivalents

By N.S. Gill, About.com

Latin Names for Places in Ancient Gaul and Their Modern Names in France

  • Agathe - Agde
  • Alesia - Alise St. Reine
  • Antipolis - Antibes
  • Aquae Sextiae Salluviorum - Aix-en-Provence
  • Arausio - Orange
  • Arelate - Arles
  • Argentorate - Strasbourg
  • Augustodunum Aedorum - Autun
  • Augustomagus Silvanectum - Senlis
  • Augustonemetum - Clermont-Ferrand
  • Augustoritum Lemovicum - Limoges
  • Avaricum Biturigum - Bourges
  • Avennio - Avignon
  • Baeterrae - Béziers
  • Bibracte - Mont Beauvray
  • Brigantio - Briançon
  • Burdigala Biturgium Viviscorum - Bordeaux
  • Caesarodunum Turonum - Tours
  • Caesaromagus - Beauvais
  • Carcaso - Carcassonne
  • Carpentorate Meminorum - Carpentras
  • Cavillonum - Châlon-sur-Saône
  • Cenabum - Orléans
  • Condate - Cherbourg
  • Divodurum Mediomatricorium - Metz
  • Durocortorum Remorum - Reims
  • Forum Julii - Fréjus
  • Gesoriacum (Bononia) - Boulogne
  • Glanum - St. Rémy
  • Iuliomagus - Angers
  • Iuliobona Caletorum - Lillebonne
  • Limonum Pictonum - Poitiers
  • Lugdunum (Condate) - Lyon
  • Lugdunum Convenarum - St. Bertrand de Comminges
  • Lutetia Parisiorum - Paris
  • Massilia - Marseilles
  • Mediolanum - Évreux
  • Mediolanum Santonum - Saintes
  • Narbo Martius - Narbonne
  • Nemausus - Nîmes
  • Nicaea - Nice
  • Rotomagus - Rheims
  • Samarobriva Ambianorum - Amiens
  • Segora - Bressuire
  • Tarasco - Tarascon
  • Tolosa - Toulouse
  • Valentia - Valence
  • Vasio Vocontiorum - Vaison-la-Romaine
  • Vesontio Sequanorum - Besançon
  • Vesunna Petrucoriorum - Périgueux
  • Vienna - Vienne
  • Duranius - Dordogne
  • Garumna - Garonne
  • Mosella - Moselle
  • Rhenus - Rhine
  • Rhodanus - Rhône
Source: Adkins and Adkins Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome.

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