Uscenum

Uscenum or Véskenon (Ancient Greek: Οὔσκενον / Οὔεσκενον.[1]) was an ancient city mentioned by Ptolemy. It was located between the Middle Danube and the Tisza River, in what was considered the territory of the Iazyges Metanastæ.[2][3][4]

Uscenum is marked on Ptolemy's 9th map in his Geography.

References
  1. "Uscenum - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  2. Claudius Ptolemy. The Geography. Translated and edited by Edward Luther Stevenson, Dover Publications, INC, New York, 1991, p. 81
  3. Klaudios Ptolemaios. Handbuch der Geographie. Griechisch-Deutsch. Herausgegeben von Alfred Stückelberger und Gerd Graßhoff. Schwabe Verlag Basel. 2006, p. 310-311
  4. Sorin Forţiu. Tibiskos-ul Ptolemaic. Râul Tisza ori Timiş? Ori Amândouă?! Arheovest II, In Honorem Gheorghe Lazarovici, Interdisciplinaritate în Arheologie. Timişoara, 6 decembrie 2014, JATEPress Kiadó, Szeged, 2014, p. 758


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