Description
Book SynopsisThe people we know as the Celts were an Iron Age culture that originated in central Europe,probably around modern-day Hungary, Southern Germany and the Czech Republic, somethree thousand years ago. They were groups of distinct tribal peoples who shared a commonlanguage and culture that thrived until they were confronted by an aggressive andexpansionist Roman Empire set on conquest. This book traces their many migrations westward over the following centuries, and theiradvances into the Atlantic coastal regions, especially into countries like France, Spain,Portugal, Belgium, Britain and Ireland, largely replacing the Neolithic people that formerlyoccupied these territories. These migrations were rarely peaceful and as a result the Celtswere widely regarded as warlike and inherently aggressive. The book describes the many inter-tribal and territorial confrontations that occurred duringthe Roman period. It explains the fighting methods, tactics and style of Celtic warfare as wellas the
