Ancient Warriors - The Celts

[beth]

[mouse]

i am very proud of my ancient celtic ancestors
the last great battle between the celts and the romans took place not too far from here and an archeological dig found the remains of a celtic village...
the brigantees fought a fantastic last battle...and lost
but what a people....the great fault with the celts was the love of drinking and fightings...had the tribes worked to gether they could have been invincable
but their glorious workman ship lived after them....a great deal of suberb jewelry has been found at various place..artistic and brave
in the UK the welsh are the largest group of celtic inheritors though in the population across the UK you can see the celt in individuals

[men an tol]

Mouse, your message here is interesting as is the Celtic Culture.

There once was a time when a person could walk the entire width of Europe and into the British Isles and never leave Celtic controlled ground, even so they could not be termed a nation. At most tribal clans tied together by language. Even so that language varied a great deal. The Celtic language is rooted in the Indo-European family of languages. Referring to the Welsh version is in the Brythonic (P- Group) which also includes Cornish, Breton, and the long dead language Gaulish. Those versions of Irish, Scotch Gaelic and Manx all belong to Goidelic (Q- Group).

That all versions of the Celtic peoples are from the Urnfield people of the areas of current Southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. From these ancient peoples came the Celtic talent with medals and they can be given credit for the metal shared plow.

They were certainly great warriors scaring both the ancient Greeks and Romans, but in that great warrior tradition was also their failing. It was so individual oriented that working in controlled fighting units was difficult if not impossible. Ultimately the Roman method of fighting won the day, first in Europe and then in Southeastern Britain, less so in the Western lands and never in Scotland or Ireland.

The other major cultural challenge was the lack of a written language. Yes, they were great holders of the verbal histories, but in retrospect their greatness is lost because the their history is written by others, mostly enemies.

Even so, I believe that as more and more has been learned of these people a case becomes increasingly clear that they are a major foundation of Western culture. This likely strongly supported in as Celtic Village Law becoming the legal foundations of what would eventually become The English Common Law. This is inclusive of strong respect of Individual Freedoms and Individual Responsibilities for both sexes.

By the way, my name here cannot be written in the way it should be which is Men-an-tol. Riddle me that.

[mouse]

brehon law....think ive spelt it correctly...had every thing from health care to women judge

[beth]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, mouse. I refreshed the video and hope it holds. It's a good presentation.