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Classical Names of Towns and Cities
. These
are some of the less obvious names one meets
with on old title-pages:
| Abbatis Villa | Abbeville. |
| Albani Fanum | St. Albans. |
| Argentina | Strasburg. |
| Augusta Tiberii | Ratisbon. |
| Aurelia | Orleans. |
| Borussia | Prussia. |
| Cantabrigia | Cambridge. |
| Cantuaria | Canterbury. |
| Cestria | Chester. |
| Cicestria | Chichester. |
| Divio | Dijon. |
| Duacum | Douay. |
| Dunelmum | Durham. |
| Eboracum | York. |
| Exonia | Exeter. |
| Glascua | Glasgow. |
| Haga Comitum | The Hague. |
| Lipsiæ | Leipsic. |
| Londinium } | London. |
| Londinum } |
| Lugduni | Lyons. |
| Lugdunum Batavorum | Leyden. |
| Lutetia } Paris. |
| Lut. Par. } | |
| Massilia | Marseilles. |
| Mediolanum | Milan. |
| Moguntiæ | Mayence. |
| Nicæa | Nice. |
| Noriberga } | Nuremberg. |
| Norica } |
| Oxonia | Oxford. |
| Padova } | Padua. |
| Patavium } |
| Petriburgum | Peterborough. |
| Remi | Rheims. |
| Roffa | Rochester. |
| Roma | Rome. |
| Rothomagus Rouen. |
| Rupella | Rochelle. |
| Sarum | Salisbury. |
| Sestiæ | Aix, Provence. |
| Tridentum | Trent. |
| Varsovia } | Warsaw. |
| Warsovia |
| Venetiæ } | Venice |
| Vinegia } |
| Vincentia | Vicenza. |
| Vindobona | Vienna. |
| Westmonasterium | Westminster. |
| Wintonia | Winchester. |
| Wormacia Worms. |
Taken from Gesta Typographica by Chas. Jacobi, 1897, page 34.
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