Episode 13: Outliers

This episode is a discussion on the extremities of Celtic Culture. The first half is a discussion of the Celts in Ukraine and how they affected the Bosporan Greeks in Ukraine and Moldova. The second half is a discussion of the Celitberians and the Celts in Iberia. There is also a discussion of the differences between the two. The migration period of Celtic History has also finished as of this episode.

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Intro: Skye Cuillin by Kevin Macleod

Outro: Celtic Heart by Kira Daly

Primary Sources:

Diodorus Siculus: Bibliotheka 5.33, 12.31

Herodotus: The Histories, 2.33.3 Description of the Celts’ homeland

Strabo: Geography 3.4.12

Secondary Sources:

Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9

Freeman, Philip: The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts. ISBN: 978-1-4165-8523-7

Lorrio Alberto J., Ruiz-Zapatero Gonzalo, ‘The Celts in Iberia: An Overview’, E-Keltoi, Volume 6 The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula.  

Maier, Bernhard: The Celts: A History from Earliest Times to the Present. ISBN 978-1-4744-2620-3

Mozota, Francisco Burillo, ‘Celtiberians: Problems and Debates’, E-Keltoi, Volume 6: The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula.

Shchukin M. B., Tchebotarenko G. F., and Shcherbakova T. A., ‘Two Finds Belonging to La Tène and Roman Periods from the Moldavian Republic’, Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 12 (1993)

Shchukin M., ‘The Celts in Eastern Europe’, Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 14 (1995), 201–27;

Treister M. J., ‘The Celts in the North Pontic Area: A Reassessment’, Antiquity, 67 (1993), 789–804