Bogadion

Bogadion ( ancient Greek Βογάδιον ) is a place name that is given in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaios as one of the in the interior of Germania more northerly (πόλεις) with 30 ° 15 ′ longitude ( Ptolemaic longitudes ) and 52 ° 00 ′ latitude. According to Ptolemy, Bogadion lies between Teuderion and Streontion . 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 Bogadion near today's Salzkotten in North Rhine-Westphalia after transforming the ancient coordinates ; thus the polis could have been another station on Hellweg - one of the most important east-west routes in Germania magna.

Remarks

^ Ptolemy: Geographia ( 2, 11, 13 ).
↑ Reinhard Wenskus : Bogadion. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 3, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1978, ISBN 3-11-006512-6 , p. 157 ( chargeable via GAO , De Gruyter Online).
^ Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch, Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decoding of Ptolemy's "Atlas of the Oikumene". Scientific Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 , p. 46.

literature

Reinhard Wenskus : Bogadion. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 3, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1978, ISBN 3-11-006512-6 , p. 157 ( 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 ( 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. 102-103.

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 : Bogadion. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 3, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1978, ISBN 3-11-006512-6 , p. 157 ( chargeable via GAO , De Gruyter Online).

[3] Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch, Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decoding of Ptolemy's "Atlas of the Oikumene". Scientific Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 , p. 46.