Aethicus Non-Ister Mu(r)sianus

I previously mentioned that Jordanes’ Lacus Mu(r)sinus was not likely to be identified with anything in the Danube delta or even anything in the Balkans generally. In fact, it may well have been Lake Constance (Bodensee). For that see here as well as here. This would be the appropriate place for the Western-most reach of the Suavs in Jordanes’ time and consistent with reports of the ancient Vindelici (supposedly Celts), nearby Noricans (claimed to be Suavs by Nestor’s PVL) and, of course, the also nearby Veneti.

However, I was doing some casual Aethicus Ister catching up when I saw the translator of that edition – Michael Herren – suggest another interesting possibility:

• the East Austrian Neusiedlersee

Note that the name of that lake in antiquity was also similar to the name given to Lake Balaton. Either way, we are miles west of the Danube marshes.