Vacomagi

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Celtic tribes in Scotland

The Vacomagi were a Celtic tribe in Scotland known only from a mention in Claudius Ptolemy Geographia . According to this description and the approximate location of their neighbors, they were at home in the landscape on the River Spey in today's Moray and on the corresponding part of the Scottish north coast. After Ptolemy their cities or main settlement areas were called "Bannatia" , "Tamia" , "Pinnata Castra" and "Tuesis" .

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literature

  • 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).
  • Alfred Stückelberger, Florian Mittenhuber (eds.): Ptolemaios, Handbook of Geography - supplementary volume with an edition of the canon of important cities . Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2009, ISBN 978-3-7965-2581-0 .

Supporting documents and footnotes

  1. ↑ Pinnata Castra , engl. also Pinnata camp is actually not a proper name, but the Latin phrase goes synonymous Ptolemäus'sche term "Πτερωτον Στρατοπεδον" (Pteroton Stratopedon), Greek "winged camp" or "feathered camp" back. What this designation is ultimately based on remains controversial - the designation may refer to a particular form of battlements, cf. also the term "pinna" or " Pinnae ". For place names and other resources, but with controversial localization: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/92179 accessed February 25, 2020. Also: 2.2 Kανων Πóλεων ερ ἐπιστήμων / Canon of major cities, Greek - German . Ed .: Lutz Koch, Florian Mittenhuber with the collaboration of Alfred Stückelberger. In: Ptolemy Handbook of Geography. Supplementary volume with an edition of the canon of important cities. Ed .: Lutz Koch, Florian Mittenhuber (with the collaboration of various authors), Schwabe Verlag Besel 2009, p. 153 (coordinates for localization) and: Florian Mittenhuber: 4.2. The country maps of Central Europe . In: Ptolemy Handbook of Geography. Supplementary volume with an edition of the canon of important cities. Ed .: Lutz Koch, Florian Mittenhuber (with the assistance of various authors), Schwabe Verlag Besel 2009, p. 270, FN 11 (indirect reference to the descriptive nature of the name)