the netherlands, low countries
Latin translation: Batavi, Germania Inferior
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| 5 +1 | Hollandia / Batavia |
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peer agreement (net): +1Hollandia / Batavia Explanation: Dear Chris, the two official names if we consider the Vatican lists are "Hollandia" and "Batavia". This country has a diocesis which is quite important, Utrecht. Utrecht's latin name is "Ultrajectum". Someone from "Ultrajectum" is described as "Ultrajectensis". Hope this helps! Flavio Ferri Benedetti Eng>Lat moderator My printed sources |
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peer agreement (net): +1Germania Inferior Explanation: vind je, afhankelijk van de periode, ook wel eens als benaming voor de Nederlanden (de 17 Provinciën): "Descriptio Germaniae Inferioris. Schaal [ca. 1:1.100.000]. [Antwerpen : Van Diest, 1570]. 1 kaart : kopergravure, handgekleurd ; 37 x 48,5 cm, met kader 38 x 50,5 cm. Verso: Latijnse tekst, signatuur 32. Uit: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum 1592." (met kaart) Succes, Serge L. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-07-23 09:01:49 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ter aanvulling: \"De kaart van Germania is meer dan slechts een kaart van Duitsland. In feite wordt een belangrijk deel van Midden-Europa erdoor gedekt, zoals dat ook al bij Ptolemaeus het geval was. In deze zin vallen ook de Nederlanden (Germania Inferior, Neder-Duitsland) eronder.\" zie http://cf.uba.uva.nl/nl/collecties/kaarten/ortelius/cat29.ht... \"In 1617 publiceerde hij de Germania Inferior, een atlas der Zeventien Provinciën met tekst door Petrus Montanus (ca 1560-1625), die eveneens een schoonbroer van Hondius was; het werk is opgedragen aan de Staten-Generaal der Verenigde Provinciën, en al zijn kaarten hebben een grafische schaal en in de rand aanduiding van breedte en lengte. \" zie http://www.kbr.be/america/nl/nl10.html \"Germania Inferior, Sive XVII Provinciarum Geographicae Generales ut et Particulares Tabulae 1684 \" zie http://www.oldworldauctions.com/prices/detail/93-007.htm En zo kunnen we nog even doorgaan ;o) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-07-23 09:11:53 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oeps, ik had niet gezien dat het Eng. > Lat. was... Reference: http://cf.uba.uva.nl/nl/collecties/kaarten/ortelius/cat30.ht... Reference: http://cf.uba.uva.nl/nl/collecties/kaarten/ortelius/gfx/groo... |
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peer agreement (net): +1Batavi Explanation: That is, the Germanic tribe of the Batavi, who dwelt in the area of modern Holland between the Old Rhine and the Waal. They were descended from the Chatti, who had been hostile to the Romans, but they played a major role as auxiliary troops for the Romans under Drusus in 16 CE, and continued in alliance with Rome for a long time, but finally revolted under Civilis in 69-70 CE, when Rome was preoccupied with civil wars. It is possible, but not certain, that they were related to the Franks, who much later occupied their territory. 'Batavia' as the name of this area does not occur in classical Latin; the name of their nation is ordinarily designated by the plural of the substantive 'Batavus', which means simply 'a/the Batavian', as 'Batavi' means simply '(the) Batavians'. But 'Batavia' is frequent in Latin writings of the Renaissance and later, and is standard in ecclesiastical usage. The plural is often used in this concrete sense instead of an abstract personification for the name of a nation by the Roman historians, from Caesar onwards, who would have translated "I will be travelling to the Netherlands" as "Iter faciam apud Batavos" or "ad Batavos" or "in Batavos", depending upon the speaker's point of view or intent. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-07-23 23:12:22 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The portion of Germany and the Low Countries which had come under Roman control during the 1st century CE was designated \'Germania\' by their historians and encyclopaedists(e.g., Tacitus and Pliny Sr.) until 90 CE, when the Emperor Domitian divided these lands into \'Germania\' Inferior\' and \'Germania Superior\', \'Lower\' and \'Upper Germany\' respectively. These regions today comprise the Netherlands and adjacent portions of Belgium, France, and Germany. |
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