History of Bavaria
The history of Bavaria stretches from its earliest settlement and its formation as a stem duchy in the 6th century through its inclusion in the Holy Roman Empire to its status as an independent kingdom and finally as a large Bundesland (state) of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the Iron Age is was settled by Celtic-influenced peoples such as the Raetians and Vindelici, by the 1st century BC, the part south of the Danube was conquered and incorporated into the Roman Empire, and roughly corresponded to the Roman province of Raetia.