On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The remainder of Czech territory became bohemian cake Second Czechoslovak Republic, and was subsequently occupied as the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia until the end of World War II, after which Bohemia became part of the restored Czechoslovakia.

5 million of the Czech Republic’s 10. In the second century BC, the Romans were competing for dominance in northern Italy with various peoples, including the Gauls-Celtic tribe Boii. Boiohaemum was apparently isolated to the area where King Marobod’s kingdom was centred, within the Hercynian forest. The Czech name “Čechy” is derived from the name of the Slavic ethnic group, the Czechs, who settled in the area during the sixth or seventh century AD.

This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Bohemia, like neighbouring Bavaria, is named after the Boii, a large Celtic nation known to the Romans for their migrations and settlement in northern Italy and other places. Another part of the nation moved west with the Helvetii into southern France, which was one of the events leading to the interventions of Julius Caesar’s Gaulish campaign of 58 BC. In the area of modern Bohemia, the Marcomanni and other Suebic groups were led by their king, Marobodus, after they had suffered defeat to Roman forces in Germany. He took advantage of the natural defenses provided by its mountains and forests. Many Suebic tribes from the Bohemian region took part in such movements westwards, even settling as far away as Spain and Portugal.