Wars
Posted by MRL on Dec 31st 2006
There were many wars in the UK fought by the four sections of
the island. Through ages the Romans,
Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Normans and later a unified England were all embattled
at one time or another with the Celts of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. ...
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Warriors
Posted by MRL on Dec 31st 2006
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...
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Way of Life
Posted by MRL on Dec 31st 2006
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...
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