Singons

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Singons
Greek Surname Σινγονήν
Polis 93. Polis in Germania magna
ptol. climate Ptolemaic Climate IV (Danube Zone)
ptol. map Germania magna
Dating around 150 AD
ptol. length 41 ° 30 ′
ptol. width 48 ° 15 ′
River system Danube
Location after Kleineberg near Šarovce in southern Slovakia on the Danube hill country on the right bank of the Hron (Gran) within the Nitriansky kraj in southwestern Slovakia
Polis before Kalamantia
Polis afterwards Anauon

Singon ( Greek  Σινγονή ) is a place name in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaios as one of the places in the east of southern Germania magna and along the Danube (πόλεις) with 41 ° 30 ′ longitude (Ptolemaic longitudes) and 48 ° 15 ′ latitude is specified. According to Ptolemy, Singone lies between Kalamantia and Anauon . Because of the age of the source, the existence of the place around 150 AD can be assumed.

So far, the location has not been reliably located. An interdisciplinary team of researchers led by Andreas Kleineberg, who re-examined the information provided by Ptolemy, located singons based on the transformed ancient coordinates near Šarovce in the southern Slovak Danube hill country on the right bank of the Hron (Gran) within the Nitriansky kraj in southwestern Slovakia . At Šarovce there is an archaeological site from the older Roman Empire from the 1st to 2nd centuries. Hermann Reichert, on the other hand, states that the only archaeological settlement in this area to date with influences from the Dacian culture is located near Nítra . According to Reichert, the degrees given by Ptolemy are not precise enough - the distance between Nitra and Šarovce is about 50 kilometers - to be able to choose one of these two locations. Reichert considers the place near Nítra to be more evident, since here the more frequently used route from the Danube to the Baltic Sea can be assumed and more Dacian influence was recorded.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Ptolemy, Geographia 2,11,15
  2. ^ Hermann Reichert :  Phelikia. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 23, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017535-5 , p. 139, (for a fee 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 Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 , p. 60.
  4. ↑ Hermann Reichert :  Singons. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 28, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018207-6 , p. 462, ( chargeable via GAO , De Gruyter Online).
  5. ^ Corinna Scheungraber, Friedrich E. Grünzweig: The old Germanic toponyms and un-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. 314-316.

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