Hungary in CK

[Earl Uhtred]

Cheers! But assuming you're not being sarcastic, I didn't know it, I just deduced it. Strigonium and Esztergom are the same word, as you can see if you pronounce the first while imitating a Mexican and drop the -ium. Similar in England where Durnovaria-Dorn-Dorchester, Venta-Winchester/Caerwent, Glevum-Gloucester, Eburacum-Eoforwic-Jorvik-York, Luguvallum-Luel-Carlisle etc etc etc.

 

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Originally posted by snuggs
Cheers! But assuming you're not being sarcastic, I didn't know it, I just deduced it. Strigonium and Esztergom are the same word, as you can see if you pronounce the first while imitating a Mexican and drop the -ium. Similar in England where Durnovaria-Dorn-Dorchester, Venta-Winchester/Caerwent, Glevum-Gloucester, Eburacum-Eoforwic-Jorvik-York, Luguvallum-Luel-Carlisle etc etc etc.

i was not sarcastic.better yet:

strigonium (latin)->ostrihom (slavic)->esztergom (magyar). now we have all the pieces for the puzzle

 

[Earl Uhtred]

All the pieces fit!!

 

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Well, a couple of words about Esztergom:
Voivode has right, it was a celtic settlement and it's name was Solva (originally this was the name of the daughter of a celtic chief, who lived and died here - in the museum you can see her tombstone). This name was used in the roman ages (and Strigonium, too). During the great migrations the town was destroyed. Prince Géza (re)founded it about 970. St. István was born, baptized and crowned here, but it was not the permanent location of the royal court, because until the 14-15th century the court travelled around the country, to consume the food gathered in the regional centres ("wandering court"). So, Hungary didn't have a real capital in this time; however the heart of the country was this region (the Esztergom-Fehérvár-Óbuda triangle + Visegrád).
So the puzzle is correct in this way
Solva-> Strigonium-> Gran (in some medieval sources we can read this name) -> Esztergom
gergo