Re: [tied] Re: etruscan

From: Steve Woodson
Message: 5489
Date: 2001-01-14

    I've often wondered about the Cimbrian name Boiorix ( I've also seen it spelled Bojorix).  Is it assumed to be Celtic due to the "rix" ending or for the whole name?  Could it have been something like Boiorich and been spelled in the more familiar Celtic rix?
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----- Original Message -----
From: Piotr Gasiorowski
To: cybalist@egroups.com
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: etruscan

Apparently the same Cimbri who, accompanying the Teutons, had attacked the Republic a century before. On that previous occasion, after a few victories (Noreia 113 BC, Arausio 105 BC) the Cimbri were defeated by Marius at Vercellae (101 BC). Their king or leader Boiorix (note the Celtic names of Cimbrian aristocracy!) was killed in that battle. The Romans were anxious to find out where those fierce barbarians came from, and they did track them down, though apparently it took some time. Check earlier postings; this Cimbrian saga was discussed last spring or thereabouts.
 
Piotr
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: petegray
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: etruscan

Cumbri = Cimbri =
> > Cimmerians

The Emperor Augustus (died AD 14) speaks of sending an expedition out of the
mouth of the Rhine, eastwards until they met the Cimbri.  Who might these
be?

Peter