Kampoi
The Kampoi (German also Kampen , Greek Κάμποι ) were a Germanic ethnic group of unclear determination that only appears in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaeus . Apparently as subdivisions of this group, the Adrabaikampoi ( Ἀδραβαίκαμποι , German Adrabäcampen ) and the Parmaikampoi ( Παρμαίκαμποι , German Parmäkampen) are mentioned.
They were located by Ptolemy immediately north of the Danube and south of Bohemia , i.e. in the immediate vicinity of the Roman border. The name Kampoi is derived from the Celtic river name Kamp (from Celtic * cambo "curved"). Accordingly, the Chamb, which flows into the rain at Cham, and the Kamp in Lower Austria , are considered as tributaries of the Danube that flow on the left .
It has been suggested that Parmaikampoi from Prima Camba and Adrabaikampoi from Altera Camba are rotten. Accordingly, the Parmaikampoi would be the people or tribal group on the first river called Kamp and the Adrabaikampoi would be resident on the second river of the name. In any case, the Adrabaikampoi cannot be located far from Kamp in Lower Austria, since they are the closest people south of the Gabreta Forest ( Bohemian Forest ) to Ptolemaeus .
swell
- Claudius Ptolemaeus Geographia 2,11,11
literature
- Hermann Reichert : Kampoi. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 16, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016782-4 , p. 214. ( online )