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As warriors the Celts were very fierce.  The women held some renown also as they fought side by side with the men.  It is in Ireland where great tales, like those of Cuchulainn tell us of the Irish fighting code.  Incredibly it was not uncommon to have whole armies wait for battle on the field of champions deciding the interior conflict and appropriate course of action before these barbaria...

The Celts had a very well defined civilization in which women were equal to men and even held their own property (after marriage they still held rights to it).  This strong social order placed as much importance on harp entertainers and artisans as much as it did on warriors.  Placing this much importance on culture was the strongest way to instill their rich history and beliefs from the earlies...

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...