06-21-2006, 09:26 AM
Ave to all,
First of all, thanks for the many reactions... And my reaction to these, for some are very interesting !
"Castra Legionis" for Carleon in Wales is attested in Roman times as "Isca". Better still, "caer" is an Old Welsh word meaning "fort", maybe derived from "castra"... The whole "corresponding to, BUT NOT DERIVED FROM, Lat. *castra Legionis" (Rivet & Smith, The Place-names of Roman Britain, London, 1979, pp. 36, 48, 56, 378).
Castra Vetera (= Xanten) is indeed a name I'm looking for... but it is NOT derived from "vetera" = ancient. The Belgian toponymist Maurits Gysseling thought (correctly, I think) that the name was "watara" = water, thus meaning "fort by the water". (BTW, "Xanten" does not come from "sanctas", but is also a water-name).
Here is a first list of place-names I have found:
Great-Britain:
Castra Exploratorium
Pinnata Castra
Germany:
Castra Vetera (near Xanten)
Castra Regina (Regensburg)
?? Castra Bonnensis (Bonn): possibly cited as such by Tacitus
Castra Batava (Passau)
Castrum Divitium (Deutz, Köln)
?? Castra Biriciana (Weissenburg) cited as such ?
Egypt:
Castra Iudaeorum (Flavius Josephus, ND Occ)
Castris Lapidariorum ND Occ
All informations welcome on these 2 forts, not yet localized.
The Netherlands:
Castra Herculis (Arnhem - Meinerswijk)
Switzerland:
Castrum Rauracense (Kaiseraugst)
Morocco:
Castrabarensis ND Occ - not localized
"Yougoslavia"
In Castris Herculis (Pannonia, ND Occ) - not localized
All information on these places is welcome.
The Italian castra will be discussed in a later mail.
Valete
Cepheus
First of all, thanks for the many reactions... And my reaction to these, for some are very interesting !
"Castra Legionis" for Carleon in Wales is attested in Roman times as "Isca". Better still, "caer" is an Old Welsh word meaning "fort", maybe derived from "castra"... The whole "corresponding to, BUT NOT DERIVED FROM, Lat. *castra Legionis" (Rivet & Smith, The Place-names of Roman Britain, London, 1979, pp. 36, 48, 56, 378).
Castra Vetera (= Xanten) is indeed a name I'm looking for... but it is NOT derived from "vetera" = ancient. The Belgian toponymist Maurits Gysseling thought (correctly, I think) that the name was "watara" = water, thus meaning "fort by the water". (BTW, "Xanten" does not come from "sanctas", but is also a water-name).
Here is a first list of place-names I have found:
Great-Britain:
Castra Exploratorium
Pinnata Castra
Germany:
Castra Vetera (near Xanten)
Castra Regina (Regensburg)
?? Castra Bonnensis (Bonn): possibly cited as such by Tacitus
Castra Batava (Passau)
Castrum Divitium (Deutz, Köln)
?? Castra Biriciana (Weissenburg) cited as such ?
Egypt:
Castra Iudaeorum (Flavius Josephus, ND Occ)
Castris Lapidariorum ND Occ
All informations welcome on these 2 forts, not yet localized.
The Netherlands:
Castra Herculis (Arnhem - Meinerswijk)
Switzerland:
Castrum Rauracense (Kaiseraugst)
Morocco:
Castrabarensis ND Occ - not localized
"Yougoslavia"
In Castris Herculis (Pannonia, ND Occ) - not localized
All information on these places is welcome.
The Italian castra will be discussed in a later mail.
Valete
Cepheus
