Ascalingion

Ascalingion , in Latin Ascalingium ( Greek Ἀσκαλίγγιον ) is a place name, which in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaios as one of the places (πόλεις) in the interior of the Germania magna north in the west with 32 ° 40 ′ longitude ( Ptolemaic longitudes ) and 53 ° 45 'Width is specified. According to Ptolemy, Askalingion lies between Touliphourdon and Toulisourgion . 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 Askalingion near today's Hildesheim in Lower Saxony based on the analysis of the ancient coordinates , as suggested by Günther Christian Hansen . The polis could therefore have been a station on Hellweg - one of the most important east-west routes in Germania magna.

Remarks

^ Ptolemy, Geographia 2, 11, 13
↑ Reinhard Wenskus : Askalingion. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , p. 459, ( payable via GAO , De Gruyter Online).
↑ Cf. Günther Christian Hansen : Ptolemaios . In: Joachim Herrmann (ed.): Greek and Latin sources on the early history of Central Europe up to the middle of the 1st millennium of our time III . Berlin 1991, pp. 553-589.
^ 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 , p. 47.

literature

Reinhard Wenskus : Askalingion. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , p. 459, ( payable 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, ( paid for 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. 76-78.

Web links

Edition of Geographike Hyphegesis with translation and map of Germania magna , accessed on November 16, 2016
Google Earth in ancient times. In: Der Spiegel. 39/2010, accessed November 16, 2016

[1] Ptolemy, Geographia 2, 11, 13

[rga-2] Reinhard Wenskus : Askalingion. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1973, ISBN 3-11-004489-7 , p. 459, ( payable via GAO , De Gruyter Online).

[3] Cf. Günther Christian Hansen : Ptolemaios . In: Joachim Herrmann (ed.): Greek and Latin sources on the early history of Central Europe up to the middle of the 1st millennium of our time III . Berlin 1991, pp. 553-589.

[4] 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 , p. 47.