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.

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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