Take that, Romans.I’ve been a long time reader of Listverse, and now I’ve decided to take the plunge and start writing my own lists. Golden shields and breastplates shared pride of place with ornamented helmets and trumpets.The Celts were great users of light chariots in warfare.
Marriages now allowed in non-conformist chapelsHer implication in the Catholic Babington Plot led to her executionShe was the daughter of James V of Scotland and Mary of GuiseHer second husband, Lord Darnley, was murdered, possibly with her knowledge By Tim Lambert. However, the way in which it was chosen and how it may have evolved during that period, before the Romans were able to record it for posterity, is a more complicated proposition. But the Celts were actually skilled metal workers who made advanced iron weapons, strong armour, and … It was politically expedient for the Celtic peoples to be coloured as barbarians and the Romans as a great civilizing force. The Celts called Britain and Ireland the "Pretanic Islands" which evolved into the modern word "Britain". You can The Romans and Greeks wrote about them as swaggering barbarians who drank too much and indulged in nasty human sacrifices. Aside from running around in long white robes and offering human sacrifices, they did some pretty neat stuff as well. DAILY LIFE IN CELTIC BRITAIN. They were also the people who brought iron working to Britain. The evidence for this is clear from aerial photographs of land which has remained undisturbed. At the same time as iron was introduced to Britain, a new crop of settlers arrived from northern Europe.These were the Celts, whose cultural influence cannot be overstated. Some historians claim that there were Celts in Britain about 1180 B.C., while others argue that it was earlier. Contrary to popular belief, the Celts actually had a pre-Roman What’s really cool about this helmet is that the wings On top of their far-reaching travels, the Celts loved a fight and would fight for anyone—at a price. But why did he exactly invade Gaul? As mentioned, they beheaded their opponents in battle and it was considered a sign of prowess and social standing to have a goodly number of heads to display.The main problem with the Celts was that they couldn't stop fighting among themselves long enough to put up a unified front. About 650 BC the Celts introduced iron into Britain and they made the first swords. To the south a small upstart republic, with its capital at Rome, was minding its own business. They were not centrally governed, and quite as happy to fight each other as any non-Celt. They advised the chiefs and kings to Additionally, the Celtic Druids gave us a tradition that is still with us Since the Romans wanted us the believe that the Celts were a bunch of uncivilized savages, one would assume that life must have been pretty grim for Celtic women, right? There was probably never an organized Celtic invasion; for one thing the Celts were so fragmented and given to fighting among themselves that the idea of a concerted invasion would have been ludicrous.The Celts were a group of peoples loosely tied by similar language, religion, and cultural expression. The Celts did not have a single empire like the Romans. From this chariot, drawn by two horses, they would throw spears at an enemy before dismounting to have a go with heavy slashing swords.They also had a habit of dragging families and baggage along to their battles, forming a great milling mass of encumbrances, which sometimes cost them a victory, as Queen Boudicca would later discover to her dismay. The Ordovices in the northeast and the Silures in the southeast are but two of these early tribes, the names of which are not their own but those given them by late Roman invaders.The earliest iron artefact in Wales is a sword dating to about 600 BCE, but by 400 BCE iron was being smelted and crafted into tools all over the British Isles.The tribes of Wales developed regional styles of working iron, gold, and other metals, following the exquisite western European style known as La Tene (after the village of La Tene in Switzerland). The name 'Britain' seems to date from the Celtic period of dominance in the country, prior the Roman invasion of AD 43. The regions of Wales were developing along tribal lines by the time the advent of iron ushered in a new cultural change. Wrong again!
Women could have power, own land, and even divorce in Celtic society, which was unheard of in the classical world. Just to show how accurate this thing was, let’s compare it to the Roman calendar. In fact, women warriors could teach young girls and boys Roman engineers are usually credited to be the first to build a reliable network of roads that connected all of Europe together.

Sure the Romans had the Julian calendar, but the Celts had what is known as a Perhaps more importantly, this calendar is living proof that the Celts were capable of mathematical and scientific thought. The Celts fought from horses or light wooden chariots. Simple: First and foremost, Caesar was a politician. It was a kind of bloody religious observance.They took tremendous pride in their appearance in battle, if we can judge by the elaborately embellished weapons and paraphernalia they used. However, the Celts may have had one thing which was vastly superior over the Romans: a calendar. Well, you can One could also look at this from another angle; the Celts lived during a period known as Celtic Druids were like the badasses of their day. There are plenty of misconceptions and false truths about them, but we’re going to clear up a few.Frankly, nobody really knows where they came from. They were a sort of glue holding together Celtic culture. Britain Express is a labour of love by David Ross, an avid historian, photographer, and 'Britain-ophile'. Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers During the last Ice Age, about 11–12,000 years ago, when the ice was receding and sea levels were lower, there was a land bridge that was exposed that connected Britain with mainland Europe. This might seem barbaric to us, but to the Celt the seat of spiritual power was the head, so by taking the head of a vanquished foe they were appropriating that power for themselves. (Sorry!) (Sorry!)