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Bož (born ? – died 376) was a 4th-century Early Slavic
Early Slavs
The early Slavs were a diverse group of tribal societies in Migration period and early medieval Europe whose tribal organizations indirectly created the foundations for today’s Slavic nations .The first mention of the name Slavs dates to the 6th century, by which time the Slavic tribes inhabited a...

 (Antae) chieftain.

Byzantine historian Jordanes
Jordanes
Jordanes, also written Jordanis or Jornandes, was a 6th century Roman bureaucrat, who turned his hand to history later in life....

 wrote about Bož in De origine actibusque Getarum.

He was the chieftain of the Antae when they inhabited the territories between the Dniester River and the middle Dnieper River, near the present-day city of Kiev.He led the Antes against the Ostrogoths and was captured and crucified on orders by Winithar (Viniþa-harjis, "Veneti-killer"), prince of Ostrogoths, together with his sons and 70 of his closest nobility soon after the Hunnic invasion which took place in c.376
376
Year 376 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valens and Augustus...

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