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This is the map of Europe described by Pomponius Mela in 44 AD. Norwegian arctic explorer Frithjof Nansen drawed this back in 1911.

What catches the eye is that he describes a great bay ("Codanus sinus") of pre-eminent size; this name reappears in Pliny the Elder's work as Scatinavia.

Codanovia and Scatinavia were both Latin renderings of the Proto-Germanic *Skaðinawio

Far more interesting is the fact that the noble Belgae are mentioned here twice.

Once below the Rhine, same place where they are today.

Once next to, to the right of, the Vistula, which pretty much means that the whole Baltic region is in fact legitimate Belgian clay.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I read here: "BELGAE HYPERBOREI" which means "Belgians of the extreme north" and spans the whole area between the Vistula and the Ural mountains (called Riphean mountains here).

So rejoice, Balts, Finns, Saami, Oxioni, peoples of the north!