Roman name for Danube

[Aemilius Paulus]

The title says it all. What did the Romans call it? I am writing a paper on the topic of the Romans, and as I was mentioning the situation the Danube it struck me that I never knew its Roman name. Which I cannot find on Google either.

[A Terribly Harmful Name]

Danuvius fl(umen).

[Aemilius Paulus]

Thanks, ATHN : . A quick Google check confirmed it.

[AlexanderSextus]

I thought it was the Hister.

[Urg]

This is a bit rough:

Tacitus calls it "Danubius" (Germania - throughout) as does Caesar (de bello gallico 6.25)

Pliny the elder calls it "Danuvius" (Natural History, liber iv) as does Horace (Odes)

Ovid uses both Hister and Danuvius (ex ponto, tristia)

I think there were others who also called it Hister. According to Lewis & Short, Hister is a reference to the lower Danube and Danubius is a reference to the upper part.

[abou]

Over time, consonantal V became a labial fricative as it is in English. Previously, in a consonantal sense it sounded similar to the English W. B is a labial plosive, but similar enough to the labial fricative V that you can find them swapping places throughout history.

Danuvius or Danubius? Meh.