Noviomagus
Noviomagus is the name of a number of settlements found across the Western Roman Empire. The name is a Latinisation of Common Celtic placename elements Novio meaning "New" and -magos meaning "Field" or "Market".
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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, near London, England
- 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
See also
- Noviomagum, a minor planet
- Neumagen, a river in the Black Forest
- Nijmegen, a city in The Netherlands
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