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They've got to call the place something. What name do you suggest? Germania is attested no later than 98 AD (in Tacitus's book of the same name). They could ha
by dghf 5y ago
They've got to call the place something. What name do you suggest? Germania is attested no later than 98 AD (in Tacitus's book of the same name).
They could have gone with central Europe, I guess, but that's vaguer and still arguably anachronistic, as its use as a geographical term (as opposed to the mythological princess) isn't recorded until c. 500 BC.
- soheil 5y agoI just think it’s confusing to relate it to the country of Germany or its people when in fact it has nothing to do with it. Whereas if you call something India from 500 BC it very much has to do with modern India and its people.