Czech Republic

Avars

Avars: ancient and medieval nation, living in modern Hungary and along the Middle and Lower Danube, dominating power in Central Europe between c.560 and c.790 CE.This timeline was taken from Walter Pohl, The Avars. A Steppe Empire in Central Europe,…

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Mikulov, Regional Museum

Mikulov is just north of the Austrian-Czech border. It is dominated by a beautiful castle on a mountain, in which you will find several museums, one of them dedicated to the archaeological evidence for the presence of Romans and Germans…

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Mušov

Mušov: town in the Czech Republic, site of a Roman legionary fortress and a Germanic tomb.In the 170s, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius attempted to subdue the Quadi and Marcomani, Germanic tribes living in Bohemia. During these campaigns, the Tenth Legion…

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