List of Roman place names in Britain
A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain.
Roman Britain. Map from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
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 | |
| Caledonia | Scotland |
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
- P: Ptolemy's Geography
- RC: The Ravenna Cosmography
- T: Tacitus's On the Life and Character of Julius Agricola.
- SP: Confession of St. Patrick
- ND: Notitia Dignitatum
References
- A.L.F. Rivet and Colin Smith, The place-names of Roman Britain. London, 1979 (reprinted by Book Club Associates, 1981)
- "Britannia in the Ravenna Cosmography". www.kmatthews.org.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2020
- "The Antonine Itinerary". roadsofromanbritain.org. Retrieved 27 April 2020
- "Ptolemy's Geography - Book II, Chapter 2". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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