Spira

Japanese: Spira
Spira

…Once a Celtic settlement, and then occupied by the Nemetians since 70 B.C., the region was conquered by Caesar in 56 B.C. Noviomagus became the center of the Roman Civitas Nemetum. It was occupied by the Franks in 496, and was first named Spira in the 6th century. It was elevated to a bishopric by at least 614, and has been called a city ever since. Its advantageous location as a crossing point of the Rhine on the road from Strasbourg to Mainz made it an important commercial center. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古くはケルト人の集落,次いで前70年以来ネメテース族が占めていたこの地域を,前56年カエサルが征服,以後ノウィオマグスがローマのキウィタス・ネメトゥムの中心となった。496年フランク族がこの地を占領し,6世紀に初めてスピラSpira(地名シュパイヤーの由来)と名づけられ,遅くとも614年までに司教座に昇格,以後つねに都市と呼ばれている。シュトラスブルク(ストラスブール)からマインツへ通じる街道がライン川と交差する渡河点という有利な位置のゆえに,重要な商業都市となった。…

※「Spira」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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