Alsatia

Japanese: Alsatia
Alsatia

...The Vosges Mountains range from 300-400 metres above sea level in the north to over 1000 metres in the south, rising from the lowlands along the Rhine with steep fault lines.
[history]
The name Alsace comes from the fact that it was occupied by the Romans around the 1st century BCE and was called Alsatia. In ancient times it was inhabited by the Gauls, then occupied by the Romans, and remained a Roman territory until the 5th century, when the Alamanni, a Germanic tribe, invaded.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ボージュ山地は北部で標高300~400m,南部で1000m以上に及び,ライン沿岸の低地から断層壁の急な斜面でそびえている。
[歴史]
 アルザスの名は前1世紀ころ,ローマ人に占領され,アルサティアAlsatiaと呼ばれたことに由来する。古くはガリア人が居住し,その後ローマ人が占領し,5世紀までローマ領であったが,ゲルマン民族のアラマン人が侵入した。…

※「Alsatia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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