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The Costoboci (; , ) were an ancient people located, during the Roman imperial era, between the Carpathian Mountains and the river Dniester. During the Marcomannic Wars the Costoboci invaded the Roman empire in AD 170 or 171, pillaging its Balkan provinces as far as central Greece, until they were driven out by the Romans. Shortly afterwards, the Costoboci's territory was invaded and occupied by Vandal Hasdingi and the Costoboci disappeared from surviving historical sources, except for a mention by the late Roman Ammianus Marcellinus, writing around AD 400. == Name etymology == The name of the tribe is attested in a variety of spellings in and in . According to Ion I. Russu, this is a Thracian compound name meaning "the shining ones". The first element is the perfect passive participle ''Cos-to-'', derived from the Proto-Indo-European root ''kʷek̂-'', ''kʷōk̂-'' "to seem, see, show", and the second element is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root ''bhā-, bhō-'' "to shine", extended by the suffix ''-k-''. Ivan Duridanov considered it a Dacian name with unclear etymology. Some scholars argue that "Costoboci" has a Celtic etymology.〔Faliyeyev (2007) Entry: "Costoboci"〕 N.B. Georgiev considers all etymologies based on Indo-European root-words (so-called ''Wurzeletymologien'') to be "devoid of scientific value": the root-words themselves are reconstructions, are necessarily incomplete and can have multiple descendants in several IE languages. In this case, the name Costoboci could mean "the shining ones" in languages other than Thracian (e.g. in Iranic or Celtic languages) or it could have a different root(s) than the ones surmised by Russu. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Costoboci」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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