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Germans
Germans great ethnic complex of ancient Europe, a basic stock in the composition of the modern peoples of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, N Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, N and central France, Lowland Scotland, and England. From archaeology it is clear... Read more
Moravia
Moravia , Czech Morava, Ger. Mähren, region in the E Czech Republic . The region is bordered on the W by Bohemia, on the E by the Little and White Carpathian Mts., which divide it from Slovakia, and on the N by the Sudetes Mts., which separate it from Silesia and which include the Moravian... Read more
Bohemia
Bohemia Czech Čechy, historic region (20,368 sq mi/52,753 sq km) and former kingdom, in W and central Czech Republic . Bohemia is bounded by Austria in the southeast, by Germany in the west and northwest, by Poland in the north and northeast, and by Moravia in the east. Its natural boundari... Read more

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Vercingetorix
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...opposed to Roman encroachment. Other Celtic tribes, such as the Boii, were more receptive to the economic promise and infrastructure...recognized there were separate kingdoms such as Belgae, Alemanni, Boii, and Arverni, among many others. In 59 BC, Caesar named himself...
Wenceslas
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...east, what was the Czech kingdom of Moravia. Bohemia's name derives from its first settlers, a Celtic tribe known as the Boii, who were replaced by Slavic tribes from the east who likely arrived here in the sixth century CE. Neighboring Moravia became...
Czech Republic
Encyclopedia entry from: World Education Encyclopedia ...nearly two and a half millennia ago. The country's Latin name, Boiohaemum, or Bohemia, came from the name the Celtic Boii tribe gave the area. The Celts were later pushed out by Germanic tribes, the Marcomanni and Quidi. In the late-fifth and...
Moravia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Germanic tribes that occupied the region from the 1st to the 5th cent. AD Before then, Moravia had been inhabited by the Celtic Boii and Cotini. Subjugated by the Avars, the Czechs freed themselves under the leadership of Samo (627-c.660), who established...
Germans
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...border, they were defeated by Marcus Aurelius in the Marcomannic War (166-180). They moved into the country of the Celtic Boii and probably expanded into Bavaria, where they seem to be the Baiuoarii, or Boiarii, ancestors of the Bavarians. The Suebi...
Fabricius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...probity in public life. He persuaded the Tarentines to abstain from war with Rome and, as consul (282 BC), defeated the Boii and the Etruscans. While negotiating with Pyrrhus for the ransom of prisoners captured at Heraclea (281) he rejected a bribe...
Bohemia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...there are some Slovak, German, and other minorities. History Early History The Romans called the area Boiohaemia after the Boii tribe, probably Celtic, which was displaced (1st-5th cent. AD) by Slavic settlers, the Czechs. Subjugated by the Avars...

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Celt and Roman: The Celts in Italy.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...left was a series of "mopping up campaigns" which ended, for practical purposes, with the defeat of the Boii in 191 B.C. The Boii, or at least some of them, left for central Europe where they gave their name to Bohemia, though a century...
The Venerable Bede, druidic tonsure and archaeology.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...contrary, the present theme was inspired directly by a man who lived in Bohemia, once home of the undoubtedly Celtic tribe of the Boii, not far from the present village of Msecke Zehrovice some 50 km west from Prague in the Czech Republic, possibly in the 3rd...
Saddlers on right road to Wembley.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 1/7/1998; ; 524 words ; ...his 19th goal of the campaign. Scores: Watson (18) 1.0 Bali (38) 2-0, Keates (52) 3-0, Aian tog 80)4.0, Boii (83) 5-0. WALSALL (4.4.2): Walker; Evans, Mounifield (Roper 73), Viveash, Marsh; Hodge. Keates (Blake 67...
INCORPORATIONS
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 6/22/2003; 609 words ; ...Bert Y.S. Wong, 40 Berthe Circle. Blue Moose Ltd., Incorporating Services Inc., 2930 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Suite 10. BOII Investment Co. LLC, Wayne Smisek, 140 E. Garden of the Gods Road. Brand LLC, Randy Butts, 445 Harness Way, Monument...
Sabine Rieckhoff & Jorg Biel. Die Kelten in Deutschland.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...France as likely, if not more so, than in southern Germany. And what of the evidence for the Helvetii, the Rauraci, the Boii and the Vindelici? This brings us to the more fundamental problem of correlating the Celts with La Tene. While Rieckhoff states...
Myths of the Goddess in Neolithic Island Cultures of Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean.
Magazine article from: ReVision; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...and surely relates to the autumnal ritual of First Fruits (see Dames 1976, 145-146). The divine ancestress of the Celtic Boii tribe, known as Boann, is linked linguistically with the river Boyne in Ireland (Stone 1979, 45). In Ireland, a mountain...
'And a Child Shall Lead'; 13-Year-Old Straight-'A' Rapper Forges New Ground
Newspaper article from: Oakland Post; 7/5/2005; ; 697 words ; ...Needless to say, parents love it. But so do the kids, who leave his shows singing the lyrics to songs with names like "Mama's Boii." the lead single, and "Stay in School". And he doesn't just preach to the choir, he practices as well. Despite the...
Hip-hop band set to release single.
Newspaper article from: Herald & Post (Luton, England); 2/6/2008; 428 words ; ...town's Dudley Street music company Brown Moose Music Group (BMMG). Da Rebalz is made up of J-Da JeDi, Tweetii, Braker Boii, Dyce and R-90 - also known as Judah Puddephatt, Sara Aniqah Hussain, Scott Wilson, Remee Bailey and Reeyce Puddephatt...
Bohemian highways Medieval castles, forests . . . and beer
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/30/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...other choice." Like much of eastern Europe, Bohemia has been governed by a succession of occupants, including the Celtic Boii tribe from which the name "Bohemia" originated. Germanic bands followed, then the Huns, Avars, Slavs, Magyars and Holy...