Susudata was a

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Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of import ...

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'' which is dated 150 AD. The word itself is a derivation from the Germanic term "Susutin".Google earth in der Antike
For a long time the place could not be positively identified, due to Ptolemy's variances. It was assumed to be in the vicinity of Berlin and could recently be located by an expedition led by ''Andreas Kleineberg'', which confirmed the site at

Fürstenwalde Fürstenwalde/Spree (; Lower Sorbian: ''Pśibor pśi Sprjewje'') is the most populous town in the Oder-Spree District of Brandenburg, Germany. Geography The town is situated in the glacial valley ('' Urstromtal'') of the Spree river north of ...

, Germany.

Literature

* Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx,

Eberhard Knobloch Eberhard Knobloch (born 6 November 1943, in Görlitz) is a German historian of science and mathematics. Career From 1962 to 1967 Knobloch studied classics and mathematics at the University of Berlin and the Technical University of Berlin, aft ...

, Dieter Lelgemann: ''Germania und die Insel Thule.Die Entschlüsselung von Ptolemaios' "Atlas der Oikumene"''.Wissenschaftl. Buchgesell.,2010. * Claudius Ptolemäus: ''Geographia, Ed. C. F. A. Nobbe cum introd.'' Aubrey Diller, Hildesheim 1966. * Achim Leube: ''Die römische Kaiserzeit im Oder-Spree-Gebiet'', Berlin(Ost) 1975.

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