Noviomagus

Noviomagus is the name of a number of settlements found across the Western Roman Empire. The name is believed to be a Latinization of a Brittonic placename, Novio meaning "New" and -magos, meaning "Field" or "Market" (cf. Welsh maes 'field', Old Irish mag 'plain'), in other words a clearing in woodland.[1]

Noviomagus may refer to:

Places

France

Noviomagus Lexoviorum ("Noviomagus of the Lexovii"), the Gallo-Roman settlement at Lisieux, France
Noviomagus Veromanduorum ("Noviomagus of the Veromandui"), the Gallo-Roman settlement at Noyon, France
Noviomagus Tricastinorum ("Noviomagus of the Tricastini"), later known as "Augusta" and "Colonia Flavia Tricastinorum", the Gallo-Roman settlement at Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France

Germany

Noviomagus Nemetum ("Noviomagus of the Nemetes"), the Germano-Roman settlement at Speyer, Germany
Noviomagus Trevirorum ("Noviomagus of the Trevii"), the Germano-Roman settlement at Neumagen-Dhron near Trier, Germany

Great Britain

Noviomagus Reginorum ("Noviomagus of the Regnenses"), the Romano-British settlement at Chichester, West Sussex, in England
Noviomagus Cantiacorum ("Noviomagus of the Kentish"), the Romano-British settlement probably located at West Wickham, London (though Crayford has also been suggested)
Noviomagus, the previous site mistakenly placed by John Dunkin near Dartford, England, usually quoted as Crayford

The Netherlands

Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum ("Ulpian Noviomagus of the Batavians"), the Germano-Roman settlement at Nijmegen in the Netherlands

People

Daniel Santbech Noviomagus, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (died circa 1561) has given his name to the Santbech crater on the Moon

References

Cunliffe, Barry, 1973, The Regni, Duckworth (Peoples of Roman Britain series), p. 49

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[1] Cunliffe, Barry, 1973, The Regni, Duckworth (Peoples of Roman Britain series), p. 49