Setidava

Setidava, mentioned by Ptolemy in his Geography, was a Dacian outpost in north central Europe.^[1]^[2] This town, with the typical Dacian location name ending of -dava, was mentioned in Ptolemy's Germania, who placed it north of Calisia (Kalisia), which is probably located at the present-day town of Kalisz, in Poland.^[3] Setidava was not far from the Warta River; most likely it was located in present-day Żnin.^[4]

Ptolemy's manuscript also included the variant spelling Getidava.^[1]^[5]

Setidava is believed to be the place of origin of the tribe Costoboci (also known as the Koistobokoi transmontanoi) who were in possession of areas in what is now Poland, as late as c. 170 AD.^[4]^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Dobiáš 1964, p. 70.
^ ^a ^b Schütte 1952, p. 270.
^ Schütte 1917, pp. 101–109.
^ ^a ^b Pârvan 1926, pp. 333–334.
^ Šimek 1953, p. 118.

References

Ancient

Ptolemy, Claudius (c. 140). Geographia [Geography] (in Ancient Greek). Sumptibus et typis Caroli Tauchnitii.

Modern

Pârvan, Vasile (1926). Getica (in Romanian). București, Romania: Cvltvra Națională.
Dobiáš, Josef (1964). Dějiny československého území před vystoupením Slovanů. Nakl. Československé akademie věd.
Schütte, Gudmund (1952) [1952]. "A Ptolemaic Riddle Solved p. 236". Classica et Mediaevalia, Volume 13. Vol. 13 (1 ed.). Gyldendal.
Schütte, Gudmund (1917). Ptolemy's maps of northern Europe: a reconstruction of the prototypes. Copenhagen: H. Hagerup.
Šimek, Emanuel (1953). Velká Germanie Klaudia Ptolemaia. Nákladem filosofické fakulty university Karlovy.