CHERSONE´SUS CI´MBRICA
CHERSONE´SUS CI´MBRICA (
Χερσόνησος Κιμβρική:
Jutland), the large peninsula terminating on the N. in the
pronmontorium Cimbrorum, between the German Ocean on the W. and the
sinus Lagnus and
Codanus on the E. (
Ptol. 2.11.2; Strab. p. 293.) Strabo is the first ancient authority mentioning this peninsula, for it was only during the campaigns of Tiberius in the north-west of
[p. 1.608]Germany, that the Romans heard of its existence.
According to Pliny (
4.27), its native name was
Cartris, which is otherwise unknown. Its common name is derived from its inhabitants, the
Cimbri, who continued to inhabit it in the time of the Roman emperors. Comp.
CIMBRI [
L.S]