Canaba

Canaba (Canabae plural) or Canabae legionis was a civilian settlement in the vicinity of a Roman castra for the purpose of housing military dependents and civilian contractors who serviced the base. Many of these communities became cities through synoecism with other communities, some in use today.

The following places originally had this name:

• Canabae of Deva Victrix, later Chester, England
• Canabae of Novae, Bulgaria
• Canabae of Vindobona, later Vienna
• Canabae of Argentoratum, later Strasbourg
• Canabae of Nijmegen, Netherlands
• Canabae of Les Cordeliers and Place Bellecour, districts of Lyons, France
• Canabae of Amutria, an ancient Dacian town
• Canabae of Apulum, an ancient Dacian town, later a Roman municipium
• Canabae of Capidava, Romania
• Canabae of Potaissa, municipium and eventually colonia