Germania
- proper noun
- /dʒɜrˈmeɪniə/
- Literature
- I'm a Teuton from Germania.
Antoninus Augustus, victorious in Armenia, Parthia, and Germania, Pontifex Maximus Pater Patriai was cold.
- Antoninus Augustus, victorious in Armenia, Parthia, and Germania, Pontifex Maximus Pater Patriai was cold.
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Dobies are the real murderers in Germania
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The Emperor's called for men to put down the rebellion in Germania.
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However, the Romans would not take this defeat lying down, and new battles in Germania would soon come.
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The name Palestine is derived from Philistine—an ancient group of people, the Sea People, who migrated from Greece, Italy, Cyprus, and Germania.
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Moreover, some of the slaves and immigrants to Italy came from more northerly locales (Germania, Gallia), just as some came from the Levant and North Africa.
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Revolts erupted in Britain, Germania, Gaul and Spain, none of which Perennis was able to swiftly defeat, and this began to turn the emperor against his prefect.
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Antoninus Augustus, victorious in Armenia, Parthia, and Germania, Pontifex Maximus Pater Patriai was cold.
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The Roman historians often wrote about the fierce tribes living in Germania and their complex societies.
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In ancient times, Germania comprised vast regions inhabited by various Germanic tribes.
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Many battles were fought in Germania, as the Romans sought to expand their empire beyond the Rhine.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Germania was the name the Romans used for the region we now call Germany; in Latin Germania meant 'land of the Germans'. So when you read ancient sources, Germania points to that place and its people.