List of cities founded by the Romans
Foundation Latin name Modern-day Modern country
753 BC Roma Rome Italy
268 BC Ariminum Rimini Italy
220 BC Belum Belluno Italy
218 BC Placentia Piacenza Italy
218 BC Tarraco Tarragona Spain
206 BC Italica Santiponce Spain
3rd c. BC Mod Monza Italy
197 BC Salernum Salerno Italy
189 BC Bononia Bologna Italy
188 BC Forum Livii Forlì Italy
187 BC Regium Lepidi Reggio Emilia Italy
181 BC Aquileia Aquileia Italy
169 BC Colonia Patricia Corduba Córdoba Spain
168 BC Ascrivium Kotor Montenegro
138 BC Valentia Edetanorum Valencia Spain
138 BC Scalabis Santarém Portugal
136 BC Villa Euracini Póvoa de Varzim Portugal
123 BC Palma Palma de Mallorca Spain
118 BC Colonia Narbo Martius Narbonne France
2nd c. BC Massa Massa Italy
Cities founded by the Romans
This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans. It lists every city established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global empires.