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Sign in to savethumb|400x400px|Several different regions called Germania (modern borders in green) Germania ( ; ), also more specifically called Magna Germania (English: Greater Germania), Germania Libera (English: Free Germania), or Germanic Barbaricum to distinguish it from the Roman provinces of Germania Inferior and Germania Superior, was a historical region in north-central Europe during the Roman era, which was associated by Roman authors with the Germanic peoples. According to Roman geographers, this region stretched roughly from the Rhine in the west to the Vistula in the east, and to the Upper Danub
Germania was a historical region in north-central Europe during the Roman era, stretching roughly from the Rhine River to the Vistula River, that Roman authors associated with Germanic peoples living outside Roman control. It matters because Roman writers used the term to describe the lands and peoples of the Germanic tribes, making it an important concept in understanding how the Romans viewed and interacted with the peoples of ancient northern Europe.
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