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Hercynian Forest
The Hercynian Forest was the name given by Greek and Roman writers to the great forest of central Europe, stretching east from the Rhine across southern Germany to the Carpathians. Julius Caesar wrote that it took nine days to cross. Livy says the Celtic leader Segovesus led migrants into it, and its name survives in the geological term Hercynian.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hercynian Forest. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hercynian-forest
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