Not everyone knows that Italy in Polish is called "Włochy".
There are actually several European languages ​​and dialects in which Italy has a name derived from the same root, whose literal meaning is "Land of the Volcae", and in which the Italians themselves are indicated with the name of the Celtic people of the Volcae.

But who exactly were the Volcae, and why did they give their name to Italy?

Thus begins a magnificent journey through history and linguistics, looking at some phases of the geopolitics of Europe in the third century BC, leading us to understand how Italy is still defined in some languages ​​as "The Land of the Celts".

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25 - WHY ITALY IS THE "LAND OF THE CELTS"?
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02:13 - Ethnogenesis and geopolitics
04:17 - The birth of the Volcae
09:20 - The Great Expedition to Greece
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In-depth study: "The Myth of Nations", by Patrick Geary https://amzn.to/319RGDO

Cover: Georges Moreau de Tours, "Sketch for the wedding hall of the 2nd town hall, Le sacrifice à la Patrie", ca. 1880

Map taken from Wikimedia Commons, credits Necropotamus, Cplakidas, Filos96 (Great Expedition), David Descamps (Migrations of the Volcae), Hxseek (Illyrian populations).

Curated by Gioal Canestrelli
Institute of Experimental Archeology "Fianna ap Palug" of Verona

Editing by Angela Ruggero