Chersonesus Cimbrica
Χερσόνησος Κιμβρική
Chersonesus Cimbrica (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 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
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.