Editing Boii (section)

===Dacian Conquest===

In the middle of the 1st century BC, the Boii tried to expand eastwards into modern-day Hungary, but clashed with the rising power of the [[Dacians]] under their king [[Burebista]] and were defeated. This war is often dated to the 60s or 50s BC or even precisely to 60/59 BC, but cannot be dated with that certainty. The numismatic material suggests that the clash may in fact have only happened by 41/40 BC.{{sfn|Dobesch|1995|p=16}} The Dacians under Burebista likely used a combination of military force and political strategies to conquer the Boii and compel some of them to migrate.

Once the Boii were defeated or weakened, the Dacians would have annexed their territory, incorporating it into their expanding kingdom. If the early dating of the clash with Burebista is accepted, the migration of the Boii to Gaul and other parts of [[Europe]] may have been a consequence of their defeat and the Dacian occupation of their lands, as they sought new territories and opportunities elsewhere. However, specific details of this conquest and migration are often scarce in historical records, leaving much open to interpretation.
[[File:Burebista_campaign_against_Boii_and_Taurisci_remake.png|thumb|alt=Burebista conquest of Boii and Taurisci|The map that shows a hypothetical reconstruction of the Dacian confrontation with the Boii and Taurisci]]

When the Romans finally conquered [[Pannonia]] in 8 AD, the Boii seem not to have opposed them. Their former territory was now called ''deserta Boiorum'' (deserta meaning 'empty or sparsely populated lands').{{sfn|Birkhan|1999|p=251}}

However, the Boii had not been exterminated: There was a ''civitas Boiorum et Azaliorum'' (the Azalii being a neighbouring tribe) which was under the jurisdiction of a prefect of the Danube shore (''praefectus ripae Danuvii'').<ref>[[Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum|CIL]] IX 5363</ref> This {{lang|la|civitas}}, a common Roman administrative term designating both a city and the tribal district around it, was later adjoined to the city of [[Carnuntum]].{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}