See also:

• BOII (perhaps = " the terrible ")

BOII (perhaps = " the terrible ")  , a See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic See also:

• PEOPLE

people, whose See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home was Gallia Transalpina . They were known to the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, at least by name, in the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS (originally perhaps MACCUS; cf. Asin. Prol. 11)

Plautus, as is shown by the contemptuous reference in the Captivi (888) . At an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early date they split up into two See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups, one of which made its way into See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, the other into See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . Some, however, appear to have stayed behind, since, during the Second Punic See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, Magalus, a Boian See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, offered to show See also:

• HANNIBAL
• HANNIBAL (" mercy " or " favour of Baal ")

Hannibal the way into Italy after he had crossed the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees (See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy xxi . 29) . The first See also:

• GROUP

group of immigrants is said to have crossed the Pennine See also:

• ALPS

Alps (See also:

• GREAT

Great St See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard) into the valley of the Po . Finding the See also:

• DISTRICT

district already occupied, they proceeded over the See also:

• RIVER

river, drove out the Etruscans and Umbrians, and established themselves as far as the See also:

• APENNINES (Gr. 'A1T- vvLvos, Lat. Appenninus—in both cases used in the singular)

Apennines in the See also:

• MODERN

modern Romagna . According to See also:

• CATO, DIONYSIUS
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (234—149 B.c.)
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (95-46 B.c.)
• CATO, PUBLIUS VALERIUS

Cato (in See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, Nat . Hist. iii . 116) they comprised as many as 112 different tribes, and from the remains discovered in the tombs at See also:

• HALLSTATT

Hallstatt, La Tene and other places, they appear to have been fairly civilized . Several See also:

• WARS

wars took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place between them and the Romans . In 283 they were defeated, together with the Etruscans, at the Vadimonian See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake; in 224, after the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Telamon in See also:

• ETRURIA

Etruria, they were forced to submit .

But they still cherished a hatred of the Romans, and during the Second Punic War (218), irritated by the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman colonies of See also:

• CREMONA
• CREMONA, LUIGI (1830-1903)

Cremona and Placentia, they rendered valuable assistance to Hannibal . They continued the struggle against See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome from 201 to 191, when they were finally subdued by P . See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

Cornelius Scipio Nasica, and deprived of nearly See also:

• HALF

half their territory . According to See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo (v. p . 213) the See also:

• BOII (perhaps = " the terrible ")

Boii were driven back across the Alps and settled on the See also:

• LAND

land of their kinsmen, the Taurisci, on the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, adjoining See also:

• VINDELICIA

Vindelicia and See also:

• RAETIA (so always in inscriptions; in classical MSS. usually RHAETIA)

Raetia . Most authorities, however, assume that there had been a See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of the Boii on the Danube from very early times, in See also:

• PART

part of the modern Bohemia (anc . Boiohemum, " land of the Boii ") . About 6o B.C. some of the Boii migrated to See also:

• NORICUM (Noricus ager)

Noricum and See also:

• PANNONIA

Pannonia, when 31,000 of them joined the expedition of the Helvetians into See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul, and shared their defeat near See also:

• BIBRACTE

Bibracte (58) . They were subsequently allowed by See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle in the territory of the See also:

• AEDUI, HAEDUT

Aedui between the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire and the See also:

• ALLIER
• ALLIER (anc. Slaver)

Allier . Their See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town was Gorgobina (site uncertain) . Those who remained on the Danube were exterminated by the Dacian See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, Boerebista, and the district they had occupied was afterwards called the " See also:

• DESERT

desert of the Boii " (Strabo vii. p . 292) .

In A.D . 69 a Boian named Mariccus stirred up a fanatical revolt, but was soon defeated and put to See also:

• DEATH

death . Some remnants of the Boii are mentioned as dwelling near See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux; but See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen inclines to the See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion that the three groups (in Bordeaux, Bohemia and the Po districts) were not really scattered branches of one and the same stock, but that they are instances of a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere similarity of name . The Boii, as we know them, belonged almost certainly to the Early See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . They probably used See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long iron swords for dealing cutting blows, and from the See also:

• SIZE

size of the handles they must have been a See also:

• RACE

race of large men (cf . See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius ii . 30) . For their ethnological See also:

• AFFINITIES

affinities and especially their possible connexion with the Homeric See also:

• ACHAEANS ('AXaioi, Lat. Achivi)

Achaeans see W . Ridgeway's Early Age of See also:

• GREECE

Greece (vol. i., 1901) . See L . Contzen, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Wanderungen der Kelten (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1861); A . Desjardins, Giographie historique de la Gaule romaine, ii .

(1876–1893) ; T . R . See also:

• HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (18o9-1894)

Holmes, Caesar's See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest of Gaul (1899), pp . 426-428; T . Mommsen, Hist. of Rome, ii . (Eng. trans . 5 vols., 1894), p . 373 See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note; M. lhm in Pauly-Wissowa'z Realencyclop¢die, iii. pt . I (1897); A . Holder, Alt-celtischer Sprachschatz .