Stelle Orbis terrarum qui sub caelo est qu...; (Liber memorialis (301 - 400), p. 9 (ch. 6)) [820]

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Keywords	Ethnonym: Aegyptii, [wurzel: Aegypti] Ethnonym: Aethiopes, [wurzel: Aethiop] Ethnonym: Arabes, [wurzel: Arab] Region: Asia, [wurzel: Asi] Ethnonym: Daci, [wurzel: dac] Region: Europa, [wurzel: europ] Ethnonym: Gaetuli, [wurzel: Gaetul] Keyword: gens, [wurzel: gent] Ethnonym: Germani, [wurzel: German] Ethnonym: Graeci, [wurzel: Graec] Ethnonym: Hispani, [wurzel: Hispan] Ethnonym: Itali, [wurzel: Ital] Region: Libya, [wurzel: Liby] Ethnonym: Mauri, [wurzel: Maur] Ethnonym: Scythae, [wurzel: Scyth]
ID	820
Text	Liber memorialis (301 - 400) Ampelius
Quotation	Orbis terrarum qui sub caelo est quattuor regionibus incolitur. una pars eius est in qua nos habitamus; altera huic contraria, quam qui incolunt vocantur anticthones; quarum inferiores duae ex contrario harum sitae, quas qui incolunt vocantur antipodes. orbis terrarum quem nos colimus in tres partes dividitur, totidem que nomina: Asia, quae est inter Tanain et Nilum; Libya, quae est inter Nilum et Gaditanum sinum; Europa, quae est inter fretum et Tanain. In Asia clarissimae gentes: Indi, Seres, Persae, Medi, Parthi, Arabes, Bithyni, Phryges, Cappadoces, Cilices, Syri, Lydi. in Europa clarissimae gentes: Scythae, Sarmatae, Germani, Daci, Moesi, Thraci, Macedones, Dalmatae, Pannoni, Illyrici, Graeci, Itali, Galli, Spani. in Libya gentes clarissimae: Aethiopes, Mauri, Numidae, Poeni, Gaetuli, Garamantes, Nasamones, Aegyptii.
Translation	The circle of lands below heaven is inhabited in four regions. The first part of it is the one in which we live; there is another opposite this one, which is inhabited by people called the Antichthones; while the two lower ones are opposite these ones, and the people who inhabit those are called the Antipodes. The circle of lands which we inhabit is divided into three parts, and has these names: Asia, which is between the Don and the Nile; Libya, which is between the Nile and the Gulf of Cadíz; Europe, which is between the sea and the Don. The most famous peoples in Asia are: the Indians, Seres, Persians, Medes, Parthians, Arabs, Bithynians, Phrygians, Cappadocians, Cilicians, Syrians, Lydians. The most famous peoples in Europe are: the Scythians, Sarmatians, Germans, Dacians, Moesians, Thracians, Macedonians, Dalmatians, Pannonians, Illyrians, Greeks, Italians, Gauls, Spaniards. The most famous people in Libya are: the Ethiopians, Moors, Numidians, Phoenecians, Gaetuli, Garamantes, Nasamones, Egyptians. (Trans. Laura Gazzoli)
Quotation source	p. 9 (ch. 6)
Temporal Coverage	301 - 400
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