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The Celts
The Celts originally were
from Indo-European stock, arising in what is now South Russia and the Ukraine
before 1200 BCE. They came into Europe from the east and settled in central
Europe and referred to themselves as "Keltoi" from the greek meaning
barbarian. (There is no soft "C" sound in greek hence Celtic etc.
should be pronounced with a hard "K" sound. The only exceptions are
the pronouncation of sports teams such as Glasgow Celtic and Boston Celtic
since the British Empire wanted to distinguish British Latin from other Latin
and made one of the differences the use of the soft "C".)
Modern scholars divide Celtic
culture into two parts named after the areas where Celtic civilisations have
been uncovered. The earliest is known as the Halstatt Culture found near
Salzkammergut in Austria. They were a warrior race, but were known to the
Greeks also as wealthy traders. The Greek writer Euphorus describes them as one
of the 4 "great peoples", the others being the Scythions, Persians
and Lybians.
The later La Tene Culture
found near Lake Neuchatel in Switzerland marked another impetus in expansion,
trade and war. The Celts probably found their way into Scotland and the rest of
the British Isles around 500 BCE, but also moved south into the Po Valley
displacing the Etruscans. When the Etruscans asked the Romans for help the
Celts assumed that the Romans were also a great race and thus began trade with
Rome. However, the Roman envoys began to assist the Etruscans in their struggle
and the Celts marched on Rome. In 387 BCE, Rome was sacked and Brennus, the
Celtic leader, demanded his weight in gold.
By this time the Celts had
already conquered France by the Celtic tribe Galli; Belgium by the Celtic tribe
Belgae; Spain, the Balkans and Turkey by the Galatians. Yet such dominance was
short-lived and in 225 BC the Romans had defeated the Celts at the Battle of
Telernon.
One by one the Celtic nations
fell to the Romans, leaving only the British Isles remaining. After the Roman
invasion of Britain and the later massacre of the Druids (Priest Caste) in
Anglesey, North Wales that, too, seemed a dying culture. But the Romans never
completely defeated Scotland or Ireland, nor the language of the Britons - and
the Celtic legacy is still strong today.
The Celtic languages today
are split into two camps: P-Celtic is the old Briton, similar to Welsh, also
Cornish and Breton. Q-Celtic is Scots Gaelic, Manx and Irish Gaelic. These
countries: Scotland, Ireland and Wales, together with the regions of Cornwall,
the Isle of Man and Brittany are regarded as the Celtic heartland, although
some include England and northern Spain into this amalgam.
In Drumchapel, the history of
the Celts can be traced by the Knapper's henge; a druid temple discovered in
the 1930s around the site of the Goals Five-a-side football complex. Not all
Celtic races would have Druids, there is no record of a druid with the warrior
leader Brennus, for example, nor any associated with the Belgae.
It was only in the British
Isles and France that druidism evolved, other Celtic areas may have been too
busy warring with their enemies to have this caste system in place.
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