Roman town

A Roman town is an urban settlement in the Roman Empire characterized by planned streets, public buildings such as forums, baths, and temples, and a structured social and administrative organization under Roman law and culture.

Observed surface forms (7)

• ancient Roman town ×5
• Roman colony ×1
• Roman military base ×1
• Roman urban center ×1
• former Roman military camp ×1
• former Roman town ×1
• settlement in the Roman Empire ×1

Instances (12)

• Dougga / Thugga
  surface form: Dougga
• Naissus, in the Roman province of Moesia (modern Niš, Serbia) via concept surface "settlement in the Roman Empire"
  surface form: Naissus
• Misenum via concept surface "ancient Roman town"
• Lugdunum Convenarum via concept surface "ancient Roman town"
• Valentia Edetanorum via concept surface "Roman colony"
• Aquincum via concept surface "former Roman military camp"
• Spalatum via concept surface "Roman urban center"
• Ilchester via concept surface "former Roman town"
• Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum via concept surface "Roman military base"
• part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata" via concept surface "ancient Roman town"
  surface form: Herculaneum
• Baiae via concept surface "ancient Roman town"
• Herculaneum via concept surface "ancient Roman town"