Which country was called Hibernia by the Romans?
Hibernia Hibernia Hibernia is the Classical Latin name for the island of Ireland. The name "Hibernia" was taken from Greek geographical accounts. During his exploration of northwest Europe (c. 320 BC), Pytheas of Massilia called the island "Iérnē" (written ). In his book "Geographia" (c. 150 AD), Claudius Ptolemaeus ("Ptolemy") called the island "Iouerníā" (written , where "ου"/"ou" stands for "w"). The Roman historian Tacitus, in his book "Agricola" (c. 98 AD), uses the name Hibernia. The High King Brian Boru (c. 941–1014) based his title on being emperor of the Scots people, which was in Latin "Imperator Scottorum", as distinct
Hibernia 41-E Hibernia 41-E Hibernia 41-E and 42-E were steam locomotives of Hibernia AG. Locomotive No 42-E was scrapped, but No 41-E does still exist and was temporarily displayed in front of the Starlight Express Theater in Bochum. The coal mining company Hibernia AG bought 1942 during World War II two five-coupled and one four-coupled locomotives from Henschel & Son in Kassel for use around the mine. The locomotives were used above ground on the rail network of the former "Bergwerks-AG Recklinghausen" which was later called "Bergbau AG Herne/Recklinghausen" until 1970 and 1971, respectively. Hibernia 41-E was finally used in the coal