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With an all warrior population, where it was illegal to learn a trade, war was an important event. It was even said to be a welcome respite from the rigors of training. Why battle instead of training?...

Well consider this- training started at the tender age of 5 providing you passed physical scrutiny upon birth as a prime specimen of a boy without defect. There were no fond farewells, boys were simply taken upon reaching this age to live in barracks as a pack or unit and encouraged from the start with competitive play against other packs. By age 10 they had been taught to read and write and their physical exercise was increased. An import...

At one time the Celts were as far ranging as Turkey and Spain.  They advanced out of Gaul with a dominate presence in the UK and pillaged Thrace and Macedonia, sacked Delphi and even sacked Rome itself.  From 500 BC to 43 AD they were the dominant European power.  Incredibly they never were a nation as we know it; they were simply a loosely unified group of individual tribes with a shared belief...