Notitia Galliarum
# Notitia Galliarum

The Notitia Galliarum (or Notitia provinciarum et civitatum Galliae) is a Roman register of cities dating to the 4th–6th centuries AD. The Latin register is divided into two headings. Ten provinces are listed under the diocese of Gaul and seven under the diocese of the Seven Provinces. For each province the capital city is given and then its other cities (civitates). They are given their ethnic names, i.e., "city of [people]". A total of 115 cities are listed along with six or seven castra (forts) and one portus (harbour).

The original list was probably drawn up during the reign of Magnus Maximus (383–388). Its rubric states that it was made on the order of the bishops, but this was probably added later when the list was updated. The civitates of the Notitia parallel the dioceses of the Roman church, but for the 6th rather than the 4th century. It was probably at that time that the castra and portus, which had acquired bishops, were added, along with the rubric. The bishops' purpose was to prevent disputes over metropolitan authority, "lest antiquity be overturned by any eventuality".

The Notitia remained an important reference point throughout the Middle Ages and is preserved in over 100 manuscripts, but often interpolated.

## Cities listed

List of Roman provinces with cities (by modern name), taken from Harries 1978.

* Lugdunensis Prima

    Lyon
    Autun
    Langres
    Chalon-sur-Saone
    Mâcon
* Lugdunensis Secunda

    Rouen
    Bayeux
    Avranches
    Évreux
    Sées
    Lisieux
    Coutances
* Lugdunensis Tertia

    Tours
    Le Mans
    Rennes
    Angers
    Nantes
    Corseul
    Vannes
    Carhaix
    Jublains
* Lugdunensis Senonia

    Sens
    Chartres
    Auxerre
    Troyes
    Orléans
    Paris
    Meaux
* Belgica Prima

    Trier
    Metz
    Toul
    Verdun
* Belgica Secunda

    Reims
    Soissons
    Châlons
    Vermand
    Arras
    Cambrai
    Tournai
    Senlis
    Beauvais
    Amiens
    Thérouanne
    Boulogne
* Germania Prima

    Mainz
    Strasbourg
    Speyer
    Worms
* Germania Secunda

    Cologne
    Tongeren
* Maxima Sequanorum

    Besançon
    Nyon
    Avenches
    Basel
    Windisch
    Yverdon
    Horbourg-Wihr
    Augst
    Port-sur-Saône
* Alpes Graiae et Poeninae

    Moûtiers
    Martigny
* Septem Provinciae

    Vienne
    Geneva
    Grenoble
    Alba-la-Romaine
    Die
    Valence
    Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux
    Vaison
    Orange
    Cavaillon
    Avignon
    Arles
    Marseille
    Carpentras
* Aquitanica Prima

    Bourges
    Clermont-Ferrand
    Rodez
    Albi
    Cahors
    Limoges
    Javols
    Saint-Paulien
* Aquitanica Secunda

    Bordeaux
    Agen
    Angoulême
    Saintes
    Poitiers
    Périgueux
* Novempopulana

    Eauze
    Auch
    Dax
    Lectoure
    Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
    Saint-Lizier
    La Teste-de-Buch
    Pau
    Aire-sur-l'Adour
    Bazas
    Tarbes
    Oloron
* Narbonensis Prima

    Narbonne
    Toulouse
    Béziers
    Nîmes
    Lodève
    Uzès
    Agde
    Maguelonne
* Narbonensis Secunda

    Aix-en-Provence
    Apt
    Riez
    Fréjus
    Gap
    Sisteron
    Antibes
* Alpes Maritimae

    Embrun
    Digne
    Barcelonette
    Castellane
    Senez
    Glandèves
    Cimiez
    Vence
