Caucaland is a region mentioned by Roman historian
Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus (occasionally anglicised as Ammian) (born , died 400) was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity (preceding Procopius). His work, known as the ''Res Gestae' ...
as ''Caucalandenses locus'', a place where the
Goths
The Goths ( got, 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, translit=''Gutþiuda''; la, Gothi, grc-gre, Γότθοι, Gótthoi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Euro ...
located on the left bank of the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , ...
withdrew after the coming of the
Hun
The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part ...
s. It is identified by some modern historians as
Valea Strâmbă River (Mureş) Valea may refer to several places in Romania:
* Valea, a village in Urmeniș Commune, Bistrița-Năsăud County
* Valea, a village in Pietrari Commune, Dâmbovița County
* Valea, a village in Bolboși Commune, Gorj County
* Valea, a village in Z ...
, and by Florin Constantiniu in
Vrancea Vrancea may refer to:
*Vrancea County, Romania
*Vrancea Mountains
The Vrancea Mountains ( ro, Munții Vrancei) are a mountain range in the Curvature Carpathians in Romania. Located mostly in western Vrancea County, they also cover parts of Bac� ...
and
Buzău Mountains
The Buzău Mountains are a set of six mountains ranges in Romania which are part of the Curvature Carpathians region of the Outer Eastern Carpathians.
These six mountain ranges are as follows:
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The Penteleu and Ivănețu Massifs are ...
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According to British philologist and lexicographer
Henry Bradley
Henry Bradley, FBA (3 December 1845 – 23 May 1923) was a British philologist and lexicographer who succeeded James Murray as senior editor of the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (OED).
Early life
Bradley had humble beginnings as a farmer's so ...
, ''Caucaland'' is derived from Hauhaland, the Gothic form of the English word '
Highland
Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...
' (German 'Hochland'), and probably denotes the mountain region of
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the ...
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[Bradley, Henry (1888). ''The story of the Goths, from the earliest times to the end of the Gothic dominion in Spain''. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, p. 55.]
References
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