Locoriton

Locoriton
Greek Surname	Λοκόριτον
Lat. Surname	Locoritum
Polis	56. Polis in Germania magna
ptol. climate	Ptolemaic climate III, inner zone south
ptol. map	Germania magna
Dating	around 150 AD
ptol. length	31 ° 30 ′ longitude
ptol. width	49 ° 20 'latitude
Tribal area	Lognai (?)
River system	Main
Location after Kleineberg	near Lohr am Main
State of research	near Lohr am Main
Polis before	Gauonarion
Polis afterwards	Segodounon

Lokoriton , in Latin Lokoritum ( Greek  Λοκόριτον ) is a place name given in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaios as one of the places (πόλεις) lying further south in the west and interior of the Germania magna with 31 ° 30 ′ longitude and 49 ° 20 ′ latitude becomes. According to Ptolemy, Lokoriton lies between Gauonarion and Segodounon . Because of the age of the source, the existence of the place around 150 AD can be assumed.

localization

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, locates Lokoriton based on the transformed ancient coordinates near today's Lohr am Main in the Main-Spessart district in Lower Franconia in Bavaria . This confirms the research tradition , which the majority - such as Gerhard Rasch and Xavier Delamarre - locate Lokoriton near Lohr am Main. Kleineberg's working group is also considering Neustadt am Main in Lower Franconia. In the vicinity of Neustadt auf dem Gaiberg there are prehistoric fortifications and a ford over the Main.

Remarks

1. ^ Ptolemy, Geographia 2,11,14 ( online ).
2. ↑ Beatrix Günnewig:  Lokoriton. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 18, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001, ISBN 3-11-016950-9 , pp. 595-596 ( chargeable via GAO , De Gruyter Online).
3. ^ Gerhard Rasch: Ancient geographical names north of the Alps. With a contribution by Hermann Reichert: Germania in the point of view of Ptolemy . In: Stefan Zimmer (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde : Supplementary volumes . No. 47 . de Gruyter, Berlin 2005. , p. 65; Xavier Delamarre: Noms de lieux celtiques de l'Europe ancienne (- 500 / + 500) - Dictionnaire . Paris 2012 [= NLC], p. 180.
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. 53.

literature

• Beatrix Günnewig:  Lokoriton. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 18, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2001, ISBN 3-11-016950-9 , pp. 595-596 ( 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. Edited by Hermann Reichert (= Philologica Germanica . Volume 34). Fassbaender, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902575-62-3 , pp. 214-215.

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