Venta
Venta the name of several towns in Britannia Romana.
1.
Venta Belgarum (Οὔεντα, Ptol. 2.3.28), in the SW. of Britain, on the road from Londinium to Calleva and Isca Dumnoniorum. (Itin. Ant. p. 478, &c.; Geogr. Rav. 5.31.) Now Winchester, where there are some Roman remains. (Camden, p. 138.)
2.
Venta Silurum on the W. coast of Britannia Romana, on the road from Londinium to Isca Silurum, and near the estuary of the Sabrina. (Itin. Ant. p. 485.) Now Caer Went in Monmouthshire, where there are traces of the ancient walls, and where Roman antiquities are (or were) occasionally found. (Camden, p. 713.)
3.
Venta Icenorum, a town of the Iceni, on the E. coast of Britannia Romana (Ptol. 2.3.21), to which there was a road from London. (Itin. Ant. p. 479.) Most probably Caistor, on the river Wensum, a little S. of Norwich, which probably rose from the ruins of Caistor. Here are traces of Roman remains. (Camden, p. 460.) [T.H.D]
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.