Kalaigia

Kalaigia , in Latin Galaegia ( Greek  Καλαιγία ), is a place name in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaios as one of the places (πόλεις) in the interior of the Germania magna north in the west with 37 ° 30 ′ longitude ( Ptolemaic longitudes ) and 52 ° 20 'latitude or 52 ° 50' latitude is specified. According to Ptolemy, Kalaigia lies between Areletia and Loupfourdon . 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 team of researchers led by Andreas Kleineberg, who re-examined the information provided by Ptolemy, is currently using the transformation of the ancient coordinates to locate Kalaigia near today's Riesa on the left side of the Elbe in Saxony . The polis with Herrmann Reichert could have been an ancient place name for the land of the Kaloukones who settled on the Elbe .

Remarks

1. ^ Ptolemy, Geographia 2, 11, 13
2. ↑ See Hermann Reichert :  Kalaigia. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 16, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016782-4 , pp. 170–171, ( chargeable via GAO , De Gruyter Online).
3. ↑ See Hermann Reichert :  Kaloukones. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 16, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016782-4 , pp. 199–200, ( paid for via GAO , De Gruyter Online).
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. 49.

literature

• Hermann Reichert :  Kalaigia. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 16, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016782-4 , 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, ( 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. 117–118.
• Maximilian Ihm : Galaegia . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, Stuttgart 1893ff., Col. 513.

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