Belgae (English spelling)

Japanese: ベルガエ（英語表記）Belgae

One of the three inhabitant groups of Gaul described in Caesar's "Commentaries on the Gallic Wars," they lived north of the Seine and Marne rivers, between the North Sea and the Rhine. They were formed in the 3rd century BC by a mixture of Celts and Germanic peoples. Caesar describes the Belgae as heroic, but they lacked unity among the tribes, and in 57 BC, Caesar conquered most of them, and in 52 BC, the most warlike tribe, the Bellovaci, was pacified, and they gradually became Romanized. Under Augustus, this area became the imperial province of Gallia Belgica, and under Domitian, the two provinces of Upper and Lower Germania were separated from it, and Diocletian's reorganization of the empire further divided it into two provinces, Belgica Prima and Belgica Secunda.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

カエサルの《ガリア戦記》が記すガリアの3住民集団の一つで，セーヌ･マルヌ両川以北，北海とライン川の間に居住。前3世紀ケルト人とゲルマン人が混じて形成された。カエサルはベルガエの豪勇を伝えているが，諸部族間の統合を欠き，前57年カエサルによってほぼ征服され，前52年最も好戦的なベロウァキ族Bellovaciも平定されて，以後はしだいにローマ化した。アウグストゥス治下，この地は皇帝管轄属州ガリア･ベルギカGallia Belgicaとなり，ドミティアヌス治下にそこから上･下両ゲルマニア州が分離，さらにディオクレティアヌスの帝国再編でベルギカ･プリマBelgica Primaとベルギカ･セクンダBelgica Secundaの2州に分かれた。

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