Adam Clisi

Japanese: Adam Clisi(英語表記)AdamClisi
Adam Clisi

…By 29 BC it had become part of the Roman Empire, initially incorporated into the province of Moesia, but during the Roman period it was known more as Scythia Minor. The Roman Emperor Trajan built a wall here, and a monument to Adam Clisi was erected in his honor, but the region continued to serve as a defense against the influx of peoples from the steppes of southern Russia and Central Asia during the Byzantine period. Peoples who passed through here included the Avars, Slavs, Bulgars, Pechenegs, and Cumans, and at one time the region was also occupied by independent Turkish Bulgar and Cuman states (the name Dobroja is said to derive from the name of a Cuman dynasty called Dobrotići). …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Adam Clisi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…前29年までにローマ領となり,初めはモエシア州に編入されたが,ローマ時代はむしろスキュティア・ミノルScythia Minorの名で知られていた。ローマ皇帝トラヤヌスはここに城壁を築き,アダム・クリシAdam Clisiには皇帝の偉業をたたえる記念塔が建てられたが,この地方はその後のビザンティン帝国時代も,南ロシアや中央アジアのステップ地帯から殺到する諸民族にたいする防衛線の役割を果たした。この地を通過した諸民族にはアバール人,スラブ人,ブルガール族,ペチェネグ人,クマン人等があり,ビザンティン時代にはトルコ系のブルガール族やクマン人の独立国家がこの地方を包摂した時期もあった(ドブロジャという名称はクマン人の王朝名ドブロティチDobrotićiに由来するという説もある)。…

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