Aitouia

Location from Aitouia to Ptolemy

Aitouia , also Kistouia or Astouia and Astuia ( Greek Αἰτουία ; Latin Aituia ) is a place name that Ptolemaios used in his Geographia (Ptolemaios 2, 11, 12) set of coordinates as one of those in northern Germania , near the Seaside places (πόλεις) with 37 ° 20 'longitude ( Ptolemaic degrees of longitude ) and 54 ° 30' latitude or 54 ° 30 'latitude. According to Ptolemy, Aitouia would lie between Kenennon and Aliso in the latter reading of latitude .

localization

So far the ancient place could not be located with certainty. An interdisciplinary research team led by Andreas Kleineberg, who re-examined and interpreted the Ptolemaic coordinates from 2006 to 2009, is currently locating Aitouia in the area of Stargard Castle in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . The name Stargard comes from Slavic and means "old castle". In toponymic research, this place name is taken as an indication that a (fortified) place must have already existed when the Slavs arrived in this area. Stargard Castle is located on the linden tree , which flows into the Baltic Sea via the Tollense and the Peene , which is navigable from Demmin .

Remarks

↑ See Reinhard Wenskus : Aitouia. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , p. 119 ( available for a fee from GAO , De Gruyter Online)
↑ See Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch , Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decoding of Ptolemy's "Atlas of the Oikumene" . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 .

literature

Reinhard Wenskus : Aitouia. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , p. 119. (for a fee via GAO , De Gruyter Online)
Hermann Reichert : Ptolemaeus. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 23, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017535-5 , pp. 567-597. ( chargeable via GAO , De Gruyter Online)
Alfred Stückelberger, Gerd Graßhoff (ed.): Ptolemaios, Handbook of Geography (Greek-German) . Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2006, ISBN 3-7965-2148-7 (work in 2 half-volumes, with CD-ROM).
Corinna Scheungraber, Friedrich E. Grünzweig: The old Germanic toponyms as well as non-Germanic toponyms of Germania. A handbook on its etymology using a bibliography by Robert Nedoma. Published by Hermann Reichert (= Philologica Germanica 34). Fassbaender, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902575-62-3 , pp. 40–43.

Web links

Edition of Geographike Hyphegesis with translation and map of Germania magna , accessed on June 17, 2015
Google Earth in ancient times. In: Der Spiegel. 39/2010, accessed June 17, 2015

[rga-1] See Reinhard Wenskus : Aitouia. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , p. 119 ( available for a fee from GAO , De Gruyter Online)

[2] See Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch , Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decoding of Ptolemy's "Atlas of the Oikumene" . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 .