Asciburgius

The Asciburgius mons or Askibourgion oros is a mountain of greater Germany mentioned by the ancient geographer, Ptolemy, of unknown location today. Ptolemy does give us enough information to speculate where the mountain probably is,[1] saying it was between the Elbe river and the Oder river or in other words, the Riesengebirge range.[2]

References

  1. ↑ MacBean; Alexander MacBean; Samuel Johnson (1773). A dictionary of ancient geography: explaining the local appellations in sacred, Grecian, and Roman history; exhibiting the extent of kingdoms, and situations of cities, &c. And illustrating the allusions and epithets in the Greek and Roman poets... New York Public Library: G. Robinson.
  2. ↑ Anthon, Charles (1855). A system of ancient and mediæval geography for the use of schools and colleges. Harper & brothers. p. 218.

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