Toulisourgion

Toulisourgion
Greek Surname	Τουλισούργιον
Lat. Surname	Tulisurgum
Polis	30. Polis in the Germania magna
ptol. climate	Ptolemaic climate II, inner zone north
ptol. map	Germania magna
Dating	around 150 AD
ptol. length	32 ° 40 ′ longitude
ptol. width	53 ° 20 'latitude
Polis before	Ascalingion
Polis afterwards	Pheugaron

Toulisourgion , in Latin Tulisurgum ( Greek  Τουλισούργιον ) is a place name, which in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaios as one of the in the interior of Germania north in the west lying places (πόλεις) with 32 ° 40 ′ longitude ( Ptolemaic longitudes ) and 53 ° 20 ′ latitude is specified. According to Ptolemy, Toulisourgion lies between Askalingion and Pheugaron . Because of the age of the source, the existence of the place around 150 AD can be assumed.

So far the place could not be located safely. An interdisciplinary research team led by Andreas Kleineberg, who re-examined the information given by Ptolemy, is currently locating Toulisourgion in what is now Braunschweig in Lower Saxony after the transformation of the ancient coordinates , as suggested by the cartographer Petrus Apian (1495–1552). The polis could thus have been a station on an east-west side route on Hellweg - one of the most important east-west routes in Germania magna.

Remarks

1. ^ Ptolemy, Geographia 2, 11, 13
2. ↑ See Hermann Reichert :  Toulisourgion. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 31, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2006, ISBN 3-11-018386-2 , pp. 98-99, ( paid for 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. 48.

literature

• Hermann Reichert :  Toulisourgion. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 31, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2006, ISBN 3-11-018386-2 , pp. 98-99, ( paid for 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. Published by Hermann Reichert (=  Philologica Germanica 34). Fassbaender, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902575-62-3 , pp. 349-350.

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