Category: The Ancient Celts

Reading Time: 4 minutes Hillforts were a central point of power for the ancient Celtic tribes residing in central Europe. Despite the fact that they could be found scattered throughout the Western European landscape prior to the arrival of the Celts, these types of defensive positions were appropriated by the Celts as their primary type of defensive structure. As…
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Reading Time: 5 minutes LAKE HALLSTATT – 600 BCE Ancient Celtic burial sites were discovered near Hallstatt, Austria in the 19th century, a testament to Celtic domination in Europe during the period of the 7th to 5th century BC. The name of the village, aptly named for the salt mine that was said to once be there, similar to…
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Reading Time: 5 minutes   The history of that of the Celtic warrior spans thousands of years, more precisely the earliest accounts of Celtic warriors can be traced back to 1000 BC, without a doubt an incredibly long warrior and military tradition. To put into perspective, the Roman soldier as it is represented in literature covering that subject only…
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