Amisia

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Amisia ( Greek  Ἀμισία ) is a place name, which in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaios as one of the in the interior of Germania more northwest lying places (πόλεις) with 31 ° 30 'longitude ( Ptolemaic longitudes ) and 51 ° 30' latitude or 53 ° 50 ' Width is specified. According to Ptolemy, Amisia lies between Streontion and Mounition . Ptolemy heads the polis among the three important cities in Germania magna. Because of the age of the source, the existence of the place around 150 AD can be assumed.

So far the place could not be located safely. An interdisciplinary research team led by Andreas Kleineberg, who re-examined the information provided by Ptolemy, is currently locating Amisia on the basis of the transformed ancient coordinates in the area of ​​today's Geismar , near Fritzlar in Hesse .

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  1. ^ Ptolemy, Geographia ( 2, 11, 13 )
  2. ^ Corinna Scheungraber, Friedrich E. Grünzweig: The old Germanic toponyms and un-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 , p. 61.
  3. Reinhard WenskusAmisia. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , p. 253. ( payable via GAO , De Gruyter Online)
  4. ^ 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 , p. 47.