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Boii - Bavaria and Bohemia Bojer , Baiuvarii ,Bajuvaren , Baiern , Bavarians or Bayern and |
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The European region of Bohemia most likely derives its name from the early Celtic? or Germanic? (the jury is still out on this) people known as the Boii. Historians in the 19th and earlier 20th centuries also sometimes linked the Boii to the origins of the Bavarians, (Lat. Baioari), although that particular link is seldom accepted today. |
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Boemian , Bohemians derived their name from the Celtic? - Germanic? Boii . |
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Despite the derivation of the name, the ancient Boii should neither be confused with the inhabitants of what it now the modern state of Bavaria in Germany, nor those of Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic. By the ninth century, the Boii had become a distinct people from the Bavarians, whose rulers and leading families were in fact Franks. An argument can be made for an early intermixing with Etruscans? from Italy; however, the same argument can also be made for the Celtic tribes in any area they inhabited. |
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However, despite the derivation of the name, the ancient Boii should neither be confused with the inhabitants of what it now the modern state of Bavaria in Germany, nor those of Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic. By the ninth century, the Boii had become a distinct people from the Bavarians, whose rulers and leading families were in fact Franks. An argument can be made for an early intermixing with Etruscans? from Italy; however, the same argument can also be made for the Celtic tribes in any area they inhabited. In order to better hold on to their already conquered lands in Gallia, Roman emperor Caesar Augustus in 15 BC sent [Drusus Claudius]? and Tiberius Claudius to conquer Bavaria . The Romans set that land up as two Roman provinces. One of these was Rhaetia?, whose capital city was [Augusta Vindelicorum]? or modern-day Augsburg?;the other was Noricum?. |
Despite the derivation of the name, the ancient Boii should neither be confused with the inhabitants of what it now the modern state of Bavaria in Germany, nor those of Bohemia, in what is now the Czech Republic. By the ninth century, the Boii had become a distinct people from the Bavarians, whose rulers and leading families were in fact Franks. An argument can be made for an early intermixing with Etruscans? from Italy; however, the same argument can also be made for the Celtic tribes in any area they inhabited.
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