Olomouc

==Etymology==
The origin of the name is unknown. According to the most frequently considered theory, it was derived from the personal name Olmút, meaning "Olmút's" (castle, court). Another theory says that the name was derived from the Proto-Slavic words ''ol'' ('beer') and ''mútit'' ('to make noise').<ref>{{cite web |title=Brno jako bahniště a ve Zlíně žil zlý člověk. Jak vznikla jména měst|url=https://www.idnes.cz/cestovani/po-cesku/nazvy-mest-praha-brno-plzen-zlin-jihlava-liberec.A180613_105008_po-cesku_hig|publisher=iDNES|language=cs|date=2018-06-17|access-date=2023-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Původ jména města Olomouce|url=https://www.ptejteseknihovny.cz/dotazy/puvod-jmena-mesta-olomouce|work=Ptejte se knihovny|publisher=[[National Library of the Czech Republic]]|language=cs|access-date=2023-05-23}}</ref>

According to legend, there was a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] fort founded by Roman legionnaires under the command of [[Julius Caesar]]. The fort was called ''Iuliomontium'' or ''Julimons'', and the name Olomouc was derived from it. Although archaeologists have found traces of a camp of Roman legionnaires, the legend of the presence of Julius Caesar originated in the Renaissance period and nothing confirms it.<ref>{{cite news |title=Okupaci Olomouce předpověděl tajemný úkaz, jako první moravské město padla Opava|newspaper=Moravskoslezský Deník |url=https://moravskoslezsky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/olomouc-svedove-1642-vojenstvi-lennart-torstenson.html|publisher=Deník.cz|language=cs|date=2022-06-15|access-date=2023-05-23 |last1=Krupka |first1=Jaroslav }}</ref>