Editing Savoy (section)

===Early history===
[[File:Karte Koenigreich Burgund DE.png|right|400px|thumb|Sapaudia in 443 (dark green) in the [[Kingdom of Burgundy]] (light green).]]
The region was occupied by the [[Allobroges]], a [[Gauls|Gallic]] people<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Savoy}}</ref> that the [[Roman Republic]] subdued in 121 BC.  The name ''Savoy'' stems from the [[Late Latin]] ''[[Sapaudia]]''{{refn|group=n|The territory, which has no modern counterpart, was perhaps bounded by the rivers Ain and Rhône, [[Lake Geneva]], the Jura and the Aar, though historians differ, and there seems to be insufficient evidence.<ref>Norman H. Baynes, reviewing A. Coville, ''Recherches sur l'Histoire de Lyon du Ve au IXe Siècle (450–800)'' in ''The English Historical Review'' '''45''' No. 179 (July 1930:470 474) p 471.</ref>}}, referring to a [[fir]], or upland, forest.<ref group=n>Modern French ''sapin''; ''sapinière'' signifies "fir forest".</ref> The word is likely ultimately from Gaulish – sapin itself is a blend of Gaulish ''sappos'' (fir tree) and Latin ''pinus'' (pine tree). It is first recorded in [[Ammianus Marcellinus]] (354), to describe the southern part of ''[[Sequani|Maxima Sequanorum]]''. According to the [[Chronica Gallica of 452|''Chronica Gallica'' of 452]], the [[Burgundians]] were settled in the territory of Sapaudia in 443, after the Burgundian defeat by [[Flavius Aetius]].{{refn|group=n|''Sapaudia Burgundionum reliquiis datur cum indigenis dividenda.''<ref>T. Mommsen, ''Chronica Minora'' II:660, 128.</ref>}}