Suiones

Japanese: Suiones
Suiones

…the cultural, religious and political centre of the Svea people in prehistoric and early medieval times. The Suiones (Svea) mentioned in Tacitus's Germania lived in Uppland, with their political centre at Gamla Uppsala, on the northern edge of the modern city of Uppsala. There are around 300 burial mounds here, and the three largest burial mounds at the eastern end are believed to be the descendants of the Yngling kings (5th-6th centuries) mentioned by Snorri Sturluson.

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Japanese:

…先史および初期中世のスベアSvea人の文化的・宗教的・政治的中心地。タキトゥスの著作《ゲルマニア》にみえるスイオネスSuiones(Svea)はウップランドに居住し,その政治的中心地は,今日のウプサラ市北端に位置する古ウプサラGamla Uppsalaにあった。ここには約300の古墳群があり,とくに東端の三つの大古墳の主は,スノッリ・ストゥルルソンの伝えるユングリング家の王たち(5~6世紀)に比定されている。…

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