bavarii
appearance:
destruction:
ascendancy: rugians[1]
the bavarians were the result of the germanic rugians mixing with the celtic boii. although the celts had a large influence on the rugians, it was the rugian-bavarians that retained aristocratic-social control and the german language became the dominant one in the confederacy.
[1]: the role of migration in the history of the eurasian steppe, andrew bell-fialkoff, 2000
[2]: the germanic invasions, lucien musset, 1965
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