Boz (Anten)

Boz was a legendary prince of the Anten around 375/380.

Jordanes mentions Boz in the Getica as rex Antorum ("King of the Antes ", Getica 48, 247 ff.). The king of greutungen Vinitharius is said to have fought against him and defeated him. Then he had Boz, his eight sons and 70 primates (important people) crucified.

The historicity of the events is uncertain. Other authors only name the antas for the 6th century, but an earlier occurrence cannot be ruled out. Boz is seen as a historical person. Possibly these antas were ancestors or an early group of the antas clearly documented in contemporary sources from the 6th century. On the other hand, Florin regards Curta Boz as a quasi-legendary figure.

literature

Florin Curta: The Making of the Slavs: History and Archeology of the Lower Danube Region, c. 500-700. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001, ISBN 0521802024 .
Niko Zupanič: Boz rex Antorum. A Historical and Ethnographical Contribution to the First Political Act of the Slavs in History. In: Situla 4, 1961, pp. 91-122.

Remarks

↑ For a summary of the problem, see Herwig Wolfram : Die Goten. 4th edition. Munich 2001, p. 252 ff.
↑ Cf. for example Gottfried Schramm : A dam breaks. The Roman Danube border and the invasions of the 5th – 7th centuries Century in the light of names and words. Munich 1997, p. 176.
↑ See Florin Curta: The Making of the Slavs: History and Archeology of the Lower Danube Region, C. 500-700. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001, p. 118, cf. but ibid., p. 41.

personal data
SURNAME	Boz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	legendary prince of the Anten
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century
DATE OF DEATH	4th century or 5th century

[1] For a summary of the problem, see Herwig Wolfram : Die Goten. 4th edition. Munich 2001, p. 252 ff.

[2] Cf. for example Gottfried Schramm : A dam breaks. The Roman Danube border and the invasions of the 5th – 7th centuries Century in the light of names and words. Munich 1997, p. 176.

[3] See Florin Curta: The Making of the Slavs: History and Archeology of the Lower Danube Region, C. 500-700. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001, p. 118, cf. but ibid., p. 41.