Alisus

Location from Aliso (Alisus) to Ptolemy

The in Latin Alisus said Aliso ( Greek ?? Αλισος ) is a place name, that of Ptolemy in his created around the year 150 coordinates work Geographia (Ptolemy 2, 11, 12) as one of the northern Germania , near the seashore lying Places (πόλεις) with 38 ° 00 'longitude ( Ptolemaic longitudes ) and 55 ° 00' latitude are given. According to Ptolemy, Aliso lies between Aitouia and Lakiborgion .

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 Aliso in the area near Temmen an der Uecker in Brandenburg . A Germanic burial ground ^▼ from the Roman Empire was discovered near Temmen as early as 1890 . 53.050297 13.731537

Remarks

↑ See Hans Kuhn, Wilhelm Schleiermacher : Aliso. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , pp. 170-171. ( available for a fee via GAO , De Gruyter Online)
↑ See Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch , Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decryption of Ptolemy´s "Atlas of the Oikumene" . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 .
↑ Achim Leube : The Roman Empire in the Oder-Spree area . (= Publications of the Museum for Pre- and Early History Potsdam ). Volume 9. Berlin 1975, p. 150.

literature

Hans Kuhn , Wilhelm Schleiermacher: Aliso. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , pp. 170-171. ( chargeable 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. 48–50.

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 Hans Kuhn, Wilhelm Schleiermacher : Aliso. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , pp. 170-171. ( available for a fee via GAO , De Gruyter Online)

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

[3] Achim Leube : The Roman Empire in the Oder-Spree area . (= Publications of the Museum for Pre- and Early History Potsdam ). Volume 9. Berlin 1975, p. 150.