I was about 5-10 city names and it would be great if the time period is during the time when Marcus Aurelius was there!.
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~ThanksWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Aquincum = Budapest (Hungary) founded 89 AD Vindobona = Wien (Austria) founded 95 AD Bonna = Bonn (Germany) founded 18 AD Mogontiacum = Mainz (Germany) founded 13 BC Augusta Vindelicum = Augsburg (Germany) founded 15 BC Samarobriva = Amiens (France) founded 54 BC Agrigentum = Agrigento (Italy) refounded in 210 BC Bononia = Bologna (Italy) founded in 189 BC Mediolanum = Milano / Milan (Italy) founded in 222 BC Augusta Taurinorum = Torino /Turin (Italy) founded in 28 BC All above cities were already existing at Marcus Aurelius times (born 121 AD - died 180 AD)Www@QuestionHome@Com In the East, the major cities would have been Thessalonica (greece), Alexandria (Egypt), and Antioch (middle-east)!. In the West, outside Rome, the major city would have been Carthage (which, though destroyed by Rome during the Punic Wars, was later re-founded)!. In France, the largest city would have been Marseilles (Marsillia) Those were the 5 biggies!.!.!.!.In the 2nd rank after these, in Spain, Barcelona and Valencia; in Thrace (area of Turkey) Byzantium, which was later Istanbul; in Germany, Trier; then Milan, Verona, and Palermo, Italy!. The 3rd rank would include Chiusi (near Florence, which was a village then), Stuttgart, Germany; Athens, and Lyon, France!. Paris would be barely a village, until about the 5th century!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Rome Jeruselum Syracuse Thessalonica Athena Carthago Carthago Nova TarragoWww@QuestionHome@Com Rome Aquileia Ravenna Carthage Alexandria Antium Thurii Smyrna Phillipi Corinth Memphis AntiochWww@QuestionHome@Com |