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Post by Jaga on Apr 17, 2015 19:13:59 GMT -7
What is a name of the oldest town in Poland? It was mentioned by Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD as a part of amber trail?
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Post by pieter on Apr 18, 2015 3:53:38 GMT -7
Kalisz has long been considered the oldest city of Poland, having been mentioned by Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD, but the claim is now doubted by some (cf. Calisia). The location mentioned by Ptolemy was situated in the territory of the Diduni in Magna Germania on the Amber Trail. There are many artifacts from Roman times in the area, indicating that it could have been one of the stops of the Roman caravans heading for the Baltic Sea.
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Post by Jaga on Apr 18, 2015 12:05:35 GMT -7
Pieter,
yes, Kalisz, Calisia is the oldest town mentioned by Romans. The city was severely destroyed during WW I since it was so close to the boarder between Prussia and Russia. It was also a place of a piano factory... with the name calisia meant underwear in some languages.... the factory did not survive, it bankrupted.
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