Capital cities by their Roman name

Many current capital cities already existed two millenia ago. Can you recognise these by the name the Romans gave them?

Mostly based off of this map

Latin names can be found for cities which were founded during the Middle Ages, but these are of course not included

Italy is technically not a province, but you get the point

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Province (ca. 200 AD)	Roman name of the city	Capital city
Gallia Lugdunensis	LVTETIA	Paris
Lusitania	FELICITAS IVLIA, a.k.a. OLISIPPO	Lisbon
Mauretania Caesariensis	ICOSIVM	Algiers
Moesia Superior	SINGIDVNVM	Belgrade
Palaestina	AELIA CAPITOLINA	Jerusalem
Pannonia Inferior	AQVINCVM	Budapest
Pannonia Superior	VINDOBONA	Vienna
Outpost close to the border of Pannonia Superior	GERVLATA	Bratislava
Syria Phoenice	BERYTVS	Beirut
Thracia	SERDICA	Sofia