Sousoudata

Location of Susudata in Ptolemy's Atlas

Susudata (Σουσουδάτα) is a place name that is mentioned in the Atlas Geographia created by Ptolemy around the year 150 . The word is derived from the Germanic term "susutin", Saulache.

So far, the location could not be reliably located. One guessed was the area around Berlin, like Zossen to the south. A research team led by Andreas Kleineberg , who re-examined the information provided by Ptolemy, located the place in the area of ​​today's Fürstenwalde in Brandenburg.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Google earth in antiquity ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 1, 2011 

literature

• Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch , Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decryption of Ptolemy's "Atlas of the Oikumene". Scientific Book Society Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 .

Web links

• Google Earth in ancient times. In: Der Spiegel. 39/2010, p. 152ff., Accessed on February 6, 2013