This episode I discuss important aspects of Celtic society and culture. This includes social hierarchies and the feast, which helped reinforce that social hierarchy. The final part of the discussion is something I have talked little about, warfare in the Celtic world. Here you will hear of things like how a Celtic warrior was fitted for battle. On top of that are Classical accounts of the Celts running into battle naked so as to strike fear into the hearts of the enemy.
Email: historyoftheceltspodcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @histofthecelts
Website: hocpod.wordpress.com where I post blog posts and related images from the episode.
Primary Sources:
Athenaeus: Deipnosophistae Curtesy of the Celtic Literature Collective
Diodorus Siculus: Library of History Book V Section 19-40, Curtesy of Bill Thayer and the University of Chicago, Laucus Curtius Homepage
Plutarch: Life of Marcellus Chapter 6 Section 4 From Perseus Digital Library
Plutarch: Life of Marius Chapter 25 Section 7 From Perseus Digital Library
Polybius: Histories Book 2 Section 33: Tactics Against the Gauls. From Perseus Digital Library
Strabo: Geography Book IV Chapter 4 Section 2 From Perseus Digital Library
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
Green, Miranda J.: The Celtic World, ISBN: 0-415-05764-7; J.N.G. and W.F. Ritchie Chapter 4: The Army, Weapons, and Fighting,
Related Images:
Arc of Triumph in Orange Image from Wikipedia
Battersea Shield Image curtesy of the British Museum
Boar Helmeted Figure on the Gundestrup Cauldron Image from Wikipedia
The Dying Gaul From worldhistory.org
Waterloo Helmet Image from Wikipedia
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