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The Salian Franks, also called the Salians (Latin: ''Salii'', Greek: ''Salioi''), were the western subgroup of the early Franks who first appear in the historical records in the third century. At that time they lived between the Rhine and the IJssel in the modern day Dutch region of the Veluwe, Gelderland. As the Salians initially lived north of the Rhine delta, they were also north of the limes of Roman Gaul, which ran along the Rhine. They were characterised as both warlike Germanic people and pirates, and as ''Laeti'' (allies of the Romans). Shortly thereafter, some were settled permanently on Roman land. After moving into Batavia, a border island in the Rhine, in 358, they came to some form of agreement with the Romans, which allowed them to settle south of the Rhine in Toxandria (roughly the area of the current Dutch province of Noord-Brabant, and adjacent parts of the two bordering Belgian provinces of Antwerpen and Belgian Limburg, the so-called "Kempen" (French ''Campine'')). Over time, the Salians fully adopted the Frankish identity and ceased to appear by their original name from the 7th century onward, when they evolved into the Franks ''par excellence''.〔Dr.D.P.Blok, ''De Franken in Nederland'', Holland: Bussum, 1979. ISBN 90-228-3739-4, p.17〕 The ''Lex Ripuaria'' originated about 630 around Cologne and has been described as a later development of the Frankish laws known from ''Lex Salica''. The Merovingian kings responsible for the conquest of Gaul are thought to have had Salian ancestry. ==Etymology== From the early 6th century on, the name ''Salian Franks'' (''Salii'' in Latin)〔The ethnonym is unrelated to the name for the dancing priests of Mars, who were also called Salii.〕 is used to contrast with the Ripuarian Franks. ''Salii'' may have derived from the name of the IJssel river, formerly called ''Hisloa'' or ''Hisla'', and in ancient times, ''Sala'', which may be the Salians' original residence.〔Perry, p. *〕 Today this area is called Salland. Alternatively, the name may derive from a proposed Germanic word '' *saljon'' meaning friend or comrade, indicating that the term initially implied an alliance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Salian Franks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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