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    I'll look into the others, might take me a few days. Some care has to be taken with the English place-names, since with the Domesday Book in 1086 some may have a different spelling to how the Saxons or Norsemen spelt them. Whether you can make a script for that (or whether it is even worth it for 13 years I don't know). But for historical accuracy it is the correct thing to do. Cheers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Germanicus91
    Some care has to be taken with the English place-names, since with the Domesday Book in 1086 some may have a different spelling to how the Saxons or Norsemen spelt them. Whether you can make a script for that (or whether it is even worth it for 13 years I don't know). But for historical accuracy it is the correct thing to do. Cheers!
    Only one place name is allowed. You can manually change some settlement names in BI if you want.
    We need only Saxon names.

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    I'm working on the names now. It's gonna take a few days yet, some require quite a bit of research.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Germanicus91
    I'm working on the names now. It's gonna take a few days yet, some require quite a bit of research.
    Update:

    I need to know the modern province names and modern city/settlement names for the following before I can continue:

    43 Frisia - Traiectum (Frisians)
    54 Langobardia - Mediolanum (Lombards)
    55 Alemannia - Constantia
    56 Austrasia - Magantia
    60 Meissen – Albrechtsburg
    59 Billung Marca

    Some of the Scandinavian province names you propose are causing problems because they are not historical names or regions. In some cases I am having to propose postulated names. I'll come back to you on these.

    The Swedish names are a little less well researched than the others as I can't find my copy of Ortnamn i Sverige and I'm having to use other sources, including Google.

    Cheers, Germanicus91

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    Mediolanum in italy is Milano, Milan in english. That name if want research.
    Bye

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    Quote Originally Posted by palissa
    Mediolanum in italy is Milano, Milan in english. That name if want research.
    Bye
    Thanks. I don't need to do Mediolanum then, even if the Lombards are a Germanic faction.

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    Hi folks, here's what I've found out:

    43 Frisia (seems to be OK) - Traiectum = Utrecht (870: Uttrecht).
    55 Alamannia (OK) - Konstanz (980: Constantiae).
    56 Austrasia (too early for our time period - needs to be re-thought) - Magantia (Mainz). 800s/900s: Máginza.
    57 Saxonia (seems to be OK) - Bremon (858), Bremun (937).
    58 Transalbingia (seems to be no native equivalent) - Hamaburg (800s).
    59 Billung Marca (formed in 936 - can't verify your name) - Luniburc (956), Luneburg (965).
    60 Meissen (is a town in Sachsen) – Albrechtsburg is a castle in the centre of Meissen! These need to be re-thought.
    63 Bavaria (can't find a reliable native early form) - Salzburg (798: Salzburc).
    89 Sliaswich (850, name used by Franks/Saxons; older Middle Danish Slæswich) - Haithabu (name used by Scandinavians). Before 1200, when the term Sønderjylland came into use, the region seems to have simply been called Slesvig. Another possibility, but more doubtful historically: *Syndær-Iütland.
    92 West Seaxe (871, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) - Wincæstre (993, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
    93 Eást-Seaxe (893, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) - Lundenne (897, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) (Lundene, 959, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) (also: Lundenburg, 851, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
    94 Eást-Engle (e.g. 880, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) - Þéodford (870, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
    95 Mierce (853, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) - Snotengaham (868, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
    98 Norþhymbre (867, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) - Eferwic (1070, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) (also: Eoforwicceastre, 867/869 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).
    108 Iütland (seems plausible) - Wiberg (1075).
    109 Sjælland (does not appear in Danish until 1231 Sialand; reasonable supposed older form: *Sialund) - 1018-1035 Roscel; Roschald (1075).
    110 Skåneland (modern term but I cannot come up with anything better - problematic as your region seems to cover parts of Götaland as well) - Uppåkra (Old Danish *Upp-akær; there's an Opager in Lolland, DK (1329: Upakeer) the Danes call the Uppåkra in Skåne Opager. Skåne was in Danish hands during our time period. Therefore recommend *Uppakær).
    112 *Swear-rike (constructed form; seems to be preferable over Svealand which did not appear until later and denoted the same area in central Sweden) - Bierkø (seems to be OK).
    113 Vestfold (also the Old Norse name) - Skíringssalr (Old Norse).
    114 (Old Norse) Agðir or Egðafylki - unattested but apparently Old Norse *Flikkarfjörðr.
    115 (Old Norse) Rogaland or Rygjafylki - Stafangr (Old Norse).
    116 Hörðaland or Hörðafylki - Bjorgvin (Old west Norwegian) or Bergvin (Old east Norwegian).
    117 Sygnafylki-*Mærr - Guli (Old Norse).
    118 Þróndheimr (Old Norse) - Niðaróss (Old Norse).
    153 Gotland - Paviken (name v. problematic "Namnet Paviken är av sent datum samt av okänt ursprung. I ett tidigare skede gick platsen under namnet Västergarnsviken.").

    I can cite the list of academic books I used. I also used Wiki and Google.

    Cheers!

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