Navalia

Navalia is a town (polis or oppidum) that was mentioned by Claudius Ptolemaeus in his Geographia [1]. The town has recently been associated with Essen [1]. The name translates from Latin as "dock" or "wharf", but this may be coincidental [1]. Though Ptolemy provides coordinates, it is unknown which prime meridian he used [1]. Moreover the coordinates provided have been polluted by mistakes by copyists [1].