Sapaudia or Sabaudia was an Alpine territory of Late antiquity and the Dark Ages. The name is a Latinisation of the local words for "forest" or "upland...

Roman Republic subdued in 121 BC. The name Savoy stems from the Late Latin Sapaudia, referring to a fir, or upland, forest. The word is likely ultimately from...

south into Roman Gaul and settled in large numbers in the territory of Sapaudia, in what is today western Switzerland and northeastern France, before expanding...

empire. During the resulting peace, Aetius resettled the Burgundians in Sapaudia in southern Gaul. In the 430s, Aetius negotiated peace with the Suevi in...

killed. The Romans led the survivors southwards to the Roman district of Sapaudia (modern-day Savoy). The story of this war later inspired the Nibelungenlied...

emperors, the family was granted the counties of Maurienne, Aosta and Sapaudia (Savoy), all at the expense of local bishops or archbishops. Otto inherited...

Kingdom in the 11th century. It was the cradle of the future Savoyard state. Sapaudia, stretching south of Lake Geneva from the Rhône River to the Western Alps...

'foederati' ' in what is today western Switzerland, in the region known as Sapaudia, as a buffer against the growing strength of the Alamanni. This settlement...

407 – 436), son of Gebicca Flavius Aëtius moves the Burgundians into Sapaudia (Upper Rhône Basin). Gunderic/Gundioc (436–473) opposed by Chilperic I...

widely accepted[citation needed] that Savoie takes its name from the Latin Sapaudia or Sabaudia, meaning land covered in fir trees. Savoie was long part of...

foederati status a second time, and in 443 were resettled by Aëtius in Sapaudia, part of the Gallo-Roman province of Maxima Sequanorum. Burgundians probably...

written by Merobaudes. In 443, Aetius settled the remaining Burgundians in Sapaudia, south of Lake Geneva. His most pressing concern in the 440s was with problems...

407 – 436), son of Gebicca Flavius Aëtius moves the Burgundians into Sapaudia (Upper Rhône Basin). Gunderic/Gundioc (436–473) opposed by Chilperic I...

by the Romans, the Burgundians settled in an ill-defined region named Sapaudia and Geneva was chosen as the capital of the newly formed kingdom for its...

between the Rhône and the Alps. This region, named Allobrigia and later "Sapaudia" in Latin, was integrated to the Roman Empire. In the 5th century, the...

Toulouse, while Gundioc with his entire army returned to the mountains of Sapaudia. Taking advantage of the confusing state, Theodoric saw opportunities to...

Savonya (Turkish), an tSabhóin (Irish) Savoy Sabaudia (Polish), Sabaudia or Sapaudia (Latin), Saboia (Portuguese), Saboya (Spanish), Saváí (Irish), Savoia or...

growing restive, but still holding to their treaty. The Burgundians in Sapaudia were more submissive, but likewise awaiting an opening for revolt. The...

Gallo-Roman period, present-day Savoie corresponded to Sapaudie (Latin: Sapaudia), then occupied by the Burgundians, until its integration into Frank or...

Milan. He was buried in Saint-Jean's cathedral. Along with Savoy proper (Sapaudia), this formed the nucleus of the county of Savoy which developed into the...

civitas Vesontiensium. The southern reach of this territory was known as Sapaudia, which became the namesake of the later region of Savoy. Fifty years later...

Toulouse, while Gundioc with his entire army returned to the mountains of Sapaudia. The battle of the Urbicus was the beginning of the conquest of Spain by...

commander-in-chief Aetius established the Burgundian in the military district of Sapaudia in the vicinity of Lake Geneva in present-day Western Switzerland and Savoy...

the Roman Empire (434), the Valais seems not to have been part of the Sapaudia granted to them. What's more, there seems to have been an immigration of...

defense by bringing the Burgundian foederati south and settling them in Sapaudia (Savoy). No events are known between 443 and 444, but it may be assumed...

Hunnic auxiliary troops. The survivors then relocated to the region of Sapaudia (now Savoy or the Rhone Valley), but there they gained strength in the...

times, a citadel was built in Rumilly. Under the reign of Charlemagne, the Sapaudia (in actuality Savoy) was divided into seven districts, one of which was...

their victory in 121 B.C.E. By 443, the Roman General Aëtius had ceded Sapaudia the Latin name of present-day Savoy to a Germanic people, the Burgundians...