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Sapaudia

Sapaudia was a late Roman name for a region around Geneva and Lake Geneva, in present-day Switzerland and France. In 443 the Roman general Aetius resettled the surviving Burgundians there, and from this base they built a kingdom in the Rhône valley. The name is the origin of Savoy.

Sapaudia
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Kingdom of the Burgundians

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sapaudia. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sapaudia
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