Category talk:Roman towns and cities

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I notice fair disorder in naming, linking, referring to places with different names in Antiquity (as most of them had, of course). Is there a convention we should be adhering to?

Many towns are in the same place, yet there would be benefit in having separate articles. Ex.: Piacenza/Placentia.

Other towns, though even sharing the same name from Antiquity to our times, are not really the same place. To take one of the worst examples: ancient Capua = S. Maria di Capua Vetere; there is a modern Capua a few miles away, whose ancient name was Casilinum.

Yet others, the site is not known. Ex.: Volsinii (may have been Bolsena, may have been Orvieto: no one knows).

Help please?

Bill 19:19, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I think there should be a separate article for ancient name with cross-links with the modern city (if any). See Londinium / London. GreatWhiteNortherner 19:28, 2004 Sep 23 (UTC)

City ranks[edit]

The Romans had different categories or ranks of cities; this is something that should be covered here. I'm hunting for sources, but if anyone beats me to it, great. Dismalscholar (talk) 03:32, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]