History
In Roman times, the settlement area of the Menapii tribes was incorporated into the provinces of Belgica and Germania Inferior. The native Belgic population was of both Celtic and Germanic origin. At the end of the Roman period they were conquered by the Germanic Franks. The region's name is first recorded as the Carolingian shire pagus Bracbatensis, located between the rivers Scheldt and Dijle, from bracha "new" and bant "region". Upon the 843 Treaty of Verdun it was part of Lotharingia within short-lived Middle Francia, and was ceded to East Francia according to the 880 Treaty of Ribemont.
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