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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 8078248, member: 128351&quot;]Of course there is no material evidence for these hypotheses. The estates granted to Barbarian warlords were just a source of income, it does not mean the Sarmatians, the Alamans (cf. all these places in France called &quot;Allemagne&quot;), the Alans (&quot;Alaigne&quot;?) had to settle there and forget some typical objects of their home country. </p><p>Toponymy in France is most often reminiscent of the owner of a place at some stage of its history, or of the saint whose relics were kept in the local parochial church. Savignac, Savigny is most probably &quot;Sabinus&#039; estate&quot;, &quot;Pont l&#039;Évêque&quot; a bridge that belonged to the diocese bishop. &quot;Chaussée de César&quot; means &quot;imperial road&quot;. </p><p>What else could &quot;Sermaize&quot; mean? May it come from &quot;sarmentum&quot;, &quot;sarment&quot; (a dry wooden branch?). The owner&#039;s name hypothesis seems more likely, &quot;Sarmatia&quot;: the estate belonging to Sarmatians. We do not know where those Sarmatians actually lived, and in which conditions (a camp? a village of Gallic houses?), but the hypothesis is that the estate income was for local Sarmatians.</p><p>It is a mere hypothesis, of course ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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