    the salian franks (latin: salii) were a subgroup of the early franks who first appear in the historical records in the 3rd century ad. at that time, they lived north of the rhine delta and therefore north of the limes of roman gaul, which ran along the rhine. they were characterised as both warlike germanic people and pirates, and as laeti (allies of the romans). shortly thereafter, they became the first germanic tribe from beyond the limes to settle permanently on roman land. after moving into batavia, a border island in the rhine, in 358, they came to some form of agreement with the romans who allowed them to settle south of the rhine in toxandria (roughly the area of the current dutch and belgian provinces of noord-brabant, antwerpen and the northern "kempen" (french campine) part of belgian limburg). over time, the salians fully adopted the frankish identity and ceased to appear by their original name from the 7th century onward, when they evolved into the franks par excellence.dr.d.p.blok, de franken in nederland, holland: bussum, 1979. isbn 90-228-3739-4, p.17 the lex ripuaria originated about 630 around cologne and has been described as a later development of the frankish laws known from lex salica. the merovingian kings responsible for the conquest of gaul are thought to have had salian ancestry. ==etymology== from the early 6th century on, the name salian franks (salii in latin)the ethnonym is unrelated to the name for the dancing priests of mars, who were also called salii. is used to contrast with the ripuarian franks. salii may have derived from the name of the ijssel river, formerly called hisloa or hisla, and in ancient times, sala, which may be the salians' original residence.perry, p. *{{cite book |ref=harv| last=perry | first=walter copland | authorlink = walter copland perry | year=1857 | location=london | publisher=longman, brown, green, longmans, and roberts | title=the franks, from their first appearance in history to the death of king pepin |url=http://archive.org/stream/cu31924028
Ancient_Germanic_peoples Franks