Toxandria
Sign in to saveTexandria (also Toxiandria; later Toxandria, Taxandria) is a region mentioned in the 4th century AD and during the Middle Ages. It was situated in the southern part of the modern Netherlands and in the northern part of present-day Belgium, an area currently known as Campine (Kempen in Dutch).
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Texandria (also Toxiandria; later Toxandria, Taxandria) is a region mentioned in the 4th century AD and during the Middle Ages. It was situated in the southern part of the modern Netherlands and in the northern part of present-day Belgium, an area currently known as Campine (Kempen in Dutch).
== Name == The tribal name Texandri, which may be related to the name of the region, is mentioned as Texand(ri) by an inscription dated 100–225 AD, as Texuandri by Pliny (1st c. AD), and perhaps as Texu on an inscription from Romania dated 102–103 AD.