In Latin, the name Germania means "lands where people called Germani live". Modern scholars do not agree on the etymology of the name Germani. Celtic, Germanic See more

The boundaries of Germania are not clearly defined, particularly at its northern and eastern fringes. Magna Germania stretched approximately from the Rhine in the west to beyond the Vistula river in the east, and from the Danube in the south and northwards … See more

The name Germania is attested in Old English translations of Bede and Orosius. Since the 17th century, the most common name of Germany See more

Citations
1. ^ Tacitus 1876a, II
2. ^ Murdoch 2004, p. 55. "[T]he origins of the name “Germani” are uncertain. Our main source for this, … See more

During the Gallic Wars of the 1st century BC, the Roman general Julius Caesar came into contact with peoples originating east of the Rhine. In his See more

From the 1st to the 4th century AD, Magna Germania corresponds archaeologically to the Roman Iron Age. In recent years, progress in … See more

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