Actually Celts generally had shields that were bigger, and shaped like elongated hexagons and would also use it as an offensive & defensive weapon. Also they would carry up to 4 spears at a time, at least one for close up, the rest for throwing. The spear that you showed was not exactly the typical spear that Celts would carry.
@dvon9392 no, a spear is a primary weapon mate, a celt may carry up to 3 or four javelins into battle, also shields came in all different shapes and sizes, and elongated hexagons? no im sorry i dont know where your getting this from but the main type of shield would be a hide shape, pretty much an oval with to cut outs one at the top and one at the bottom.
@pjmclemon123 nope. hes right, there are a heap of graves dugg in continental europe unearthing shields, or shield fragments or all different shapes but primarily oval, or hexagonal
the round shield you have there is more typical of the saxons and vikings, the romans also used round scuta exactly like that that they gave to their trumpeters and standard bearers.
@pjmclemon123 There is no normal weaponry that the Celts used, they weren't even unified, there were tribes all the way from the isles to northern Italy in the Gauls.
The Celt of Iberia (Modern day Spain and Portugal) favored the Falcata as an up close weapon and used what we call the regular "Celtic" sword as backup, Roman writers often wrote about how the Falcata had the capability to break both the shield and the helmet.
The young warriors (gaesatae) threw spears, not a normal warrior.
Actually Celts generally had shields that were bigger, and shaped like elongated hexagons and would also use it as an offensive & defensive weapon. Also they would carry up to 4 spears at a time, at least one for close up, the rest for throwing. The spear that you showed was not exactly the typical spear that Celts would carry.
dvon9392 5 months ago
@dvon9392 no, a spear is a primary weapon mate, a celt may carry up to 3 or four javelins into battle, also shields came in all different shapes and sizes, and elongated hexagons? no im sorry i dont know where your getting this from but the main type of shield would be a hide shape, pretty much an oval with to cut outs one at the top and one at the bottom.
pjmclemon123 5 months ago
@pjmclemon123 nope. hes right, there are a heap of graves dugg in continental europe unearthing shields, or shield fragments or all different shapes but primarily oval, or hexagonal
the round shield you have there is more typical of the saxons and vikings, the romans also used round scuta exactly like that that they gave to their trumpeters and standard bearers.
elgostine 3 months ago
@pjmclemon123 There is no normal weaponry that the Celts used, they weren't even unified, there were tribes all the way from the isles to northern Italy in the Gauls.
The Celt of Iberia (Modern day Spain and Portugal) favored the Falcata as an up close weapon and used what we call the regular "Celtic" sword as backup, Roman writers often wrote about how the Falcata had the capability to break both the shield and the helmet.
The young warriors (gaesatae) threw spears, not a normal warrior.
founderofleadings 3 months ago
Not bad actually.
WritingFighter 1 year ago
excuse some of the random lecturing in this video i was simply improvising :)
pjmclemon123 2 years ago