Early Settlements and Roman Raetia
There are numerous palaeolithic finds in Bavaria.
The earliest known inhabitants that are mentioned in written sources were a people, probably Celts, participating in the widespread La Tène culture, whom the Romans subdued just before the opening of the Christian era, founding colonies among them and including their land in the provinces of Raetia and Noricum. The Roman centre of administration for this area was Castra Regina, now and since the Middle Ages known as Regensburg.1
For the Roman history of the territory, see Vindelicia and Raetia.
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