Parembole (nubia)
Parembole ( Greek Παρεμβολή , army camp ) was a Roman border fort between Egypt and Nubia . It was on the western bank of the Nile in Dodekaschoinos in Lower Nubia, south of Syene . In the later period the Legio II Traiana was stationed here as a border army. According to Otto Seeck, Parembole's coat of arms should show two figures facing each other who shake hands.
In the 19th century, many researchers suspected paremboles in the immediate vicinity of the Temple of Debod . William John Bankes suspected that the island of Barambroum opposite Debod still retained the ancient name of Parembole. Richard William Howard Vyse stated that he saw isolated ruins north of Debod, which he believed to be remains of the Roman fort. Günther Roeder doubted the existence of the ruins and located Parembole 3.8 kilometers south in the Roman fortress Wadi Gamr .
literature
- Parembole . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . Vol. 2, London 1857, p. 555 ( online ).
- Hermann Kees : Parembole. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVIII, 2, Stuttgart 1942, Sp. 1455.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Itinerarium Antonini 161.
- ↑ Notitia dignitatum partibus orientis, XXVIII, 19 Notitia dignitatum partibus orientis online
- ↑ Otto Seeck: Notitia dignitatum accendunt notitia urbis Constantinopolitanae et laterculi prouinciarum. Berlin 1876, p. 58. ( [1] )
- ↑ Patricia Usick: Adventures in Egypt and Nubia. The Travels of William John Bankes (1786-1855). London 2002, p. 103.
- ^ Friedrich Zucker : Les Temples immergés de la Nubie. Volume 3: Debod to Bab Kalabsche. Cairo 1912, p. 8 ( online ).
Coordinates: 23 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ N , 32 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E