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The following table lists various Roman towns and the names of their modern counterparts. If you know of any others and can point me to an appropriate source so I can verify your information, e-mail me.
ROMAN NAME
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MODERN NAME
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ROMAN NAME
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MODERN NAME
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Alesia
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Alise-St.Reine (Fr.)
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Forum Sempronii
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Fossombrone
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Altinum
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Altino
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Gades
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Cadiz (Spain)
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Amiternum
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Amiternum
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Genua
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Genoa
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Ancona
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Ancona
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Hadria
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Atri (Adria)
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Antium
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Anzio
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Iguvium
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Gubbio
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Aquileia
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Aquileia
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Lanuvium
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Lanuvio
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Aquinum
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Aquino
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Lavicum
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Labici
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Aricia
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Ariccia
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Lavinium
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Pratica
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Ariminum
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Rimini
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Luca
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Lucca
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Arpinum
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Arpino
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Luceria
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Lucera
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Lugdunum
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Lyon, France
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Arretium
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Arezzo
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Luna
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Luni
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Asculum
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Ascoli Piceno
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Mantua
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Mantova
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Asisium
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Assisi
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Massilia
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Marseilles (France)
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Aternus
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Pescara
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Mediolanum
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Milan
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Asculum
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Ascoli Piceno
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Misenum
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Capo di Miseno
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Auximum
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Osimo
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Mutina
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Modena
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Baiae
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Baia
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Neapolis
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Naples
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Barium
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Bari
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Nola
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Nola
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Beneventum
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Benevento
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Nuceria
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Nocera
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Bononia
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Balogna
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Opitergium
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Oderzo
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Brigantium
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La Coruña (Spain)
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Osca
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Huesca (Spain)
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Brundisium
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Brindisi
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Ostia
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Ostia
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Calagurris
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Calahorra (Spain)
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Paestum
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Paestum
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Camerinum
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Camerino
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Patavium
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Padua
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Camulodunum
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Colchester (UK)
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Perusia
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Perugia
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Cannae
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Canne
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Pharsalus
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Pharsala (Greece)
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Canusium
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Canosa
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Pisae
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Pisa
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Capua
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Santa Maria di Capua Vetere
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Pisaurum
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Pesaro
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Casinum
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Cassino
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Placentia
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Piacenza
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Castrum
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Truentinum
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Pompeii
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Cingulum
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Cingoli
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Puteoli
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Pozzuoli
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Clusium
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Chiusi
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Ravenna
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Ravenna
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Comum
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Como
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Reate
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Rieti
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Consentia
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Cosenza
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Regium Lepidum
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Reggio Nell'Emilia
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Corfinium
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Pentima
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Rhegium
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Reggio di Calabria
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Cortona
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Cortona
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Roma
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Rome
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Cosa
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Cosa
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Segusio
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Susa
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Cremona
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Cremona
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Sulmo
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Sulmona
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Cumae
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Tarentum
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Taranto
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Dertona
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Tortona
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Tarraco
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Taragona (Spain)
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Dertosa
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Tortosa
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Teanum Sidicinum
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Teano
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Dyrrachium
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Durres (Albania)
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Tergeste
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Trieste
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Fanum Fortunae
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Fano
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Tibur
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Tivoli
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Firmum
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Fermo
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Ticinum
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Pavia
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Florentia
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Florence
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Tridentum
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Trento
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Forum Anni
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Polla
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Venusia
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Venosa
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Forum Cornelii
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Imola
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Vercellae
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Vercelli
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Forum Julii
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Fréjus (Fr.)
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Verona
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Verona
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Forum Livii
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Forli
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Verulanium
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St. Albans (UK)
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Note: In the left hand column of each paired entry, cities in bold green were founded prior to the end of the Late Republic; the cities in non-bolded black, I'm not sure about yet.
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