TACITUS, PTOLEMY AND THE RIVER FORTH.
The article discusses the ancient names of places in Roman Britain with emphasis on the ancient title of the River Forth. According to the author, the ancient name of the River Forth was Bodotria given by Tacitus. The name appeared in Tacitus's "Agricola." In the Ravenna Cosmography the ancient name...
| Publicado en: | Classical Quarterly Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 324 - 329 |
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Cambridge University Press
2007
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the ancient names of places in Roman Britain with emphasis on the ancient title of the River Forth. According to the author, the ancient name of the River Forth was Bodotria given by Tacitus. The name appeared in Tacitus's "Agricola." In the Ravenna Cosmography the ancient name of the river was read as Bdora. |
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