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Latin Names for Places in Modern Britain

Latin and English Place Equivalents

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  • Anderita - Pevensey
  • Aquae Sulis - Bath
  • Caesaromagus - Chelmsford
  • Calleva Atrebatum - Silchester
  • Clausentum - Bitterne
  • Colonia Claudia Victrix Camulodunum - Colchester
  • Corinium Dubonnorum - Cirencester
  • Deva - Chester
  • Dubris - Dover
  • Durnovaria Durotrigum - Dorchester
  • Durobrivae - Rochester
  • Durobrivae - Water Newton
  • Durovernum Cantiacorum - Canterbury
  • Eburacum - York
  • Isca Silurum - Caerleon
  • Isca Dumnoniorum - Exeter
  • Lindinis - Ilchester
  • Lindum - Lincoln
  • Londinium - London
  • Maia - Bowness
  • Noviomagus Regnorum - Chichester
  • Petuaria - Brough
  • Ratae Coritanorum - Leicester
  • Rutupiae - Richborough
  • Trimontium - Newstead
  • Venta Silurum - Caerwent
  • Venta Icenorum - Caister
  • Venta Belgarum - Winchester
  • Viroconium Cornoviorum - Wroxeter
  • Bodotria - Forth
  • Sabrina - Severn
  • Tamesis - Thames
Source: Adkins and Adkins Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome.

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