<P> The concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Roman commander Julius Caesar , who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania , thus distinguishing it from Gaul ( France ) , which he had conquered . The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ( AD 9 ) prevented annexation by the Roman Empire , although the Roman provinces of Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were established along the Rhine . Following the Fall of the Western Roman Empire , the Franks conquered the other West Germanic tribes . When the Frankish Empire was divided among Charlemagne 's heirs in 843 , the eastern part became East Francia . In 962 , Otto I became the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire , the medieval German state . </P>
<P> The concept of Germany as a distinct region in central Europe can be traced to Roman commander Julius Caesar , who referred to the unconquered area east of the Rhine as Germania , thus distinguishing it from Gaul ( France ) , which he had conquered . The victory of the Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ( AD 9 ) prevented annexation by the Roman Empire , although the Roman provinces of Germania Superior and Germania Inferior were established along the Rhine . Following the Fall of the Western Roman Empire , the Franks conquered the other West Germanic tribes . When the Frankish Empire was divided among Charlemagne 's heirs in 843 , the eastern part became East Francia . In 962 , Otto I became the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire , the medieval German state . </P>
what was germany before it was called germany
what was germany before it was called germany
Germania
Germania