Lost Treasures Of The Ancient World - The Celts 4

[Available8063]

Yes, the Celts were just grand. And the vikings were peaceful farmers, too. Funny how people take one extreme or the other. And the Romans didn't wipe out Celtic culture. They were progressive when it came to allowing Celts or any other group to continue traditions. It was Christianity and the non-Celtic invaders of the 5th and 6th centuries that really did them in.

[HistoryLover1550]

GO BOUDICCA!!!

[worlee60]

@saif316---I hope by the time you read this you will have learnt that BOUDICCA was publicly whipped and her 2 daughters were raped but not killed..However this does not make it any less disgusting and BOUDICCA had every right to seek revenge.She almost did it aswell.WHAT A WOMAN WOW TRUE BRIT...

[tonsyidibe]

meetin peeps like this would have been sure death. i'm happy i live in the now time

[PaganBorn79]

Damn christians!!

[Herbstgespenst]

Suicide was common, very common among classical military leaders... i mean srsly, what would you do? Boudica would propably been buttraped in a roman arena for the pleasure of the roman masses if she would have been captured alive.

[Gneisenau]

SPQR 4 live!

[SanFranGirl1982]

The guy portraying St. Patrick looks a lot like the actor John Lynch

[rockgeezer666]

The site of Boudicca's last stand was somewhere near Lichfield east staffordshire can't just remember the name of the place at the moment.

[pierreg666]

@rockgeezer666 The place is called Watling Street.

[whowantsabighug]

boudicca = the ultimate working mum

[Herbstgespenst]

@whowantsabighug and the pinnacle of a MILF

[jacksok2]

@whowantsabighug

I could only imagine how she stunk. especially on her periods

[dock534]

spartans where greek but there women where held high

[FenderTK421]

Dock534- Spartans were Dorians. What we would call Greeks today were their slaves (Helots). No one is sure of where the Dorians came from but many would like to point to the proto-Celts, proto-Germanics or the Sea Peoples. Unfortunately, linguists have stated that Doric Greek did not originate outside of Greece. Despite this - their culture is tantalizingly similar to Celtic or even proto-Germanic.

[dock534]

what the hell are are you talking about someone said that spartans didnt respect women and they did.

[FenderTK421]

I am talking about WHY. Women were not held in high esteem in much of the classical greco-roman world. They were in the celtic world, however. Now the important question, why immediately show rudeness to someone who replies to your comment? Try civility.

[dock534]

first i wasnt being rude so dont be a baby 2 they where a greek city state so they are considerd greek but they were unlike any one else there nation was set up like a giant army and the celts not so much if your talking about there race then yes they where celtic

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

In the sense that they were the source of male warriors, yes; but I'd doubt you would find many with a modern perspective who would agree that ritualized wife swapping to produce more and better male warriors is a sign of respect.

[Vexille1983]

The Romans caught the Celts at the worst time. Gaul was already beginning to undergo some social and cultural changes, bu it was too little, too late by the time Caesar became the Proconsul of Gaul. While the Gauls, particularly the Arverni of Vercingetorix and the Aedui, whom were often Roman allies, were the wealthiest of the Gallic tribes and were starting to become more urbanized, their mode of warfare was generally archiac, with champions on each side offering personal challenges to combat.

[FenderTK421]

Well said Vexille - keep in mind that Vercingetorix had served in the Roman cavalry; under Caesar in fact. He used this experience to 'modernize' his forces. The Celtic curse has always been a matter of their inability to stand together against a common enemy - cases like those of Vercingetorix or Boudicae, it was simply too little too late. The 13th century Scots failed to unify. Strabo said- fighting retail they were beaten wholesale, had they been inseperable, they would have been insuperable

[Vexille1983]

Plus, theoretically, how less likely were the Celts to unify as a civilization compared to the Greeks. Throughout most of ancient history, Hellenistic civilization was characteristically divided into city-state republics, tyrannies, oligarchies, and the larger kingdoms that arose after Alexander. Actually, historians believe that sometime around the 7th-6th Century BCE, Gaul was briefly unified by the powerful Cubi-Biturge tribal confederation.

[Vexille1983]

This talk about the Celts being "quick to battle" and "lacking careful planning" is nothing more than a culturally inherited Roman bias. Celtic society was tribal-based, and they had no professional armies. Just mercenary warbands, Chieftain retinues, and local militias, not much different from Medieval states to be honest. The Celts had fought as mercenaries for the Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. Some of them would have possessed advanced strategic know-how.

[Brythonek]

I have never read so much rubbish in one thread.

Scyths - the word is Scythians

Anglos- Anglo-Saxons, Jutes, Frisians.

The Manx- were Gaels, Goidelic speaking Celtic tribes, akin to the Scots and Irish.

The Britons were the Brythonic P-Celtic speakers, forerunners of the Welsh, Cornish and Bretons.

The Picts... no one really knows for sure.

[zagan1]

The Picts are the pre-cursor to the celts, a lot of the stuff the Picts did the Celts also do, so they are tied together.

English are from romans and eorupe, they arn't celts.

[cartoonkingforeever]

@zagan1 actually the English ancestors are the Saxons so they are of Germanic descent

[blacklions714]

Ahh, the Anglos are the last migration to Briton. The Picts were the first, then the Manx later the Gaels. Anglos are the Celti Aryan Saxons, Irish are the Celti Aryan Gaels. We are with the same common ancestry. Study the city of Galicia, and you will learn we had an advanced kingdom previously. We lost our civilisation to a Semitic nation. The Erin peoples were the first in Greece. We were the Galatians, Kingdom of Troy, buy some history books and see for yourself.

[quietwarvictim]

LOL...rubbish! The anglos are germanic/teutonic...they are not Celtic in any way, shape or form. Aryan Schmaryan! It was the germanic teutonic tribes and the romans who repeatedly persecuted the Celtic peoples. Semitic peoples had absolutely NOTHING to do with it. LMAO!!!!!

[Blutstrupfs]

blacklion You got me going, until the Anglo-Saxon part. The Anglo-Saxons are compose of two Germanic tribes one the Anglos came from Engels Germany and the other Saxons from Saxony Germany, they spoke not one word of Celtic. Celtic is more related to Latin than to Germanic. there is some legend that they the Celts came from at least the ones from Gael came from Galatia in what is today Turkey and they migrated to Galicja in Poland there The Slavs,push them west to Galicia,Spain, and Ireland

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

". . .Saxons from Saxony Germany . . ."

Lower Saxony, a coastal, seagoing people; not the modern German state; i.e. the nether lands (SOME of which are, indeed, in modern Saxony, but most of which are in the modern Netherlands).

[Leodhais]

HOW ON EARTH could you find scyths any near celts? In modern Ukraine - perhaps, but by that time celtic art of war was already established. And it was celts, who influenced the romans, not the opposite way

[Dhaune]

i wanna kill that dummass, did they even knew vercingetorx, i hope those dummassess die of fire

[truthspeaker969]

celtic art & culture was as well influenced by the scyths, not only by the romans and greeks

[relentlesssinner90]

Literacy? in MY Ireland? haha, the Irish never learned how to write... why do you think Irish history is so stuffed up?

(Ok, I'm kidding).

[androidstar]

Another great episode! Thanks again for posting these! Cheers

[brennus67]

britaash r u that ignorant look any book about the celts just get it threw your thick skull that my people is greater then rome we were there be4 rome and were here after it the romans copied all r weopons and armor we made roads b4 the first buildings were built in rome . romes legacys died celtic legacies havnt but all i need 2 say

[stevo309]

Did you know that bagpipes originally come from North Africa? So how do you think they came to Scotland? Trading with the Romans along Hadrians wall perhaps? Maybe the wall wasnt so much of a war zone after all but more of a "If you dont throw your spear at me, I wont stab you" area? All so nationalistic yet so very much the same.

[GZgonza]

Bagpipes were originated according with some scholars in India or maybe Pakistan (I know it may be shocking or even funny ). The roman conquerors brought them to the British islands. There is a strong misconception about Celts though is a very rich an attractive culture. Thanks to that misconception we made good films and music.

[albagubrath1984]

the bagpipes came from the celts in ireland what is with africans trying to relate themeselves with the scots there was this tube on another video claiming the picts were black africans the picts are the true britons not some boggin celts

[xoowax]

Well said!

[Cybopath]

I can believe something similar to bagpipes was also invented in Africa. You know Native Americans and Africans made spears, you think that was through trading? Or maybe just a logical step of human intelligence.

[METALLIKIDofTBR]

Ceaser can suck my Claymore!

[iXgueVaraXi]

@METALLIKIDofTBR why has mw2 changed everything ad if anybody doesnt know what im talking about then rad te second highet rated comment

[k0vert]

@iXgueVaraXi a Claymore was not originally an explosive charge. It was a Scottish longsword. Just sayin'.

[iXgueVaraXi]

@k0vert ok , my bad , thanks for that piece of info . also i complitly fucked up with my spelling xD , bad example but still i mistook it for another , highly commen waste of time posted by an idiot, lol

[k0vert]

@iXgueVaraXi hey man, it happens. :D cheers

[Available8063]

@METALLIKIDofTBR Caesar rules. Live with it.

[METALLIKIDofTBR]

@Available8063 I dont have to, he's dead haha

[relentlesssinner90]

Being an Australian you probably have some form of Celtic blood in you, besides, I will say this: Homo-erotica and Christianity were brought by the Romans... we could of done without them.

[000Caitlin000]

Agreed. Considering that a considerable amount of the original church was gay themselves (not that im against gay people). They only made it wrong to be gay so people would keep making babies. Just hate hypocrites. Oh, and they loved their prostitutes too :).

[brennus67]

fuck u britaash

[duvnant8]

interesting vid though, would like to visit ireland and scotland again to see the cultural similarities and differences

[duvnant8]

not sure when this documentary was made, but it seems the welsh have been air brushed out of history again, alot of wales was never fully conquered by the romans due to unforgiving landscape, wales was regarded by the romans as a frontier zone, that is why our celtic language, art and customs are still in practice.such as the eisteddfod, where the "gorsedd" (modern day druids) still practice celtic rituals. st patric was also welsh not that it really matters

[oOCaillechOo]

North Wales was never conquered by the Romans, only the Silures tribe was I think.

[CelticiLusitanoGalec]

The Name of one tribe in the mouth of Durius River: the Caillech(the same Name) given their name to Gallaecia(Roman Province - today Galicia and North of Portugal) and to roman-celtic PortuGale - that became Portugal.

[albagubrath1984]

britons shouldnt be on it atall this celt history s bollocks

[awendragoness]

I really doubt that the old ways and the Druids just were saying :yes.. St.Patrick you are wonderful we are converting to Christianity.. "".??????????????????????

[jimsim3]

Say did,nt they speak Brythonic a form of welsh at the time.. Welsh word Brython, meaning an indigenous Briton also st Patrick was born in wales and spoke welsh he must have. English wasn't spoken till the early seventeenth century YE old English that is.

and why say Irish Legends are dubious big put down that is, its there mythology.

Roman come to N.Wales to rob irish gold

coming across the sea and welsh mined gold and copper on anglesey

[PAPARAW]

is such a thing called celtc art??

[CelticWereWolf]

Yes there is, and yes you daft twit outlaw we irish still use that language. Now i have studied up on my history trust me on this whether you mind would like to comprehend it or not is your burden to bare. The Romans never set foot on IrelandPeriod. Thank you for coming ill be here till eternity.

[Dreoilin]

OUTLAWDON101: Romans conquer Ireland? During what time period was this? In what Locations and in what Counties are these forts? Please supply dates and locations on such a claim or you sound like an ejit!

[OUTLAWDON101]

look it up yourselve i watched it on tele you celtic nae gooder it must have been 2nd century because there was flavian coins found at fort baby shoes so they must have been living there and jewelery and it was a irish archalogist that found it so take it in your mouth you will never be like the scots i suppose scotland never invaded ireland and slapped the bitch out use either

[Dreoilin]

Go scriosa an Bhadhbh do dhea-chlú!!!

[OUTLAWDON101]

my reputation is always good man dont forget it do u irish still use that daft language

[MalteseFalcon786]

Coins and jewelry and baby shoes are an indication of trade between Ireland and Roman Britain. They do not necessarily indicate a military presence.

[albagubrath1984]

Drumanagh

[OUTLAWDON101]

the romans did conquor ireland there is more rom,an forts in ireland than the whole of britain and romans didnt get to scotland at all they did for a while and built antionnes wall but they got beat back to hadrians wall in england this documentarie is puyre pie

[CelticWereWolf]

Outlaw you are completely wrong they conquered Ireland in your twisted dreams only!!! They never conquered Ireland, they tried to and everytime they were spanked like little bitches. the only Celtic Tribes that weren't conquered by the Roman hordes were the Éireannach (Irish) and the Albanach (Scottish)

[anicelittlephoto]

Why invade Scotland, no fertile land, no use. Nothing to gain, they built antonine wall in the lowlands of Scotland.

Took the roman 70 years to take wales as well, with a grand population of 200,000 lol!

[tru3r0ll3r]

No he knew it would be a big ask to conquer those areas in those conditions against the more fierce tribes in the highlands etc. They had to leave Britain to help prevent a Persian invasion of Europe

[albagubrath1984]

they didnt want scotland ok kid thats why the emperor himself came over to attempt it we beat ceasars are twice and another thing britons werent celts

[Albannachian]

Eye, I agree whole heartedly!

[andy7666]

Are you Irish or Scottish? It doesn't matter for both are the same! The Britons WERE Celts, there were indeed native people in the British Isles but thier culture WAS Celtic! Mind you we're not supposed to say 'Celtic' anymore are we - another politically correct attempt at stripping European Whites of thier culture.

[relentlesssinner90]

Native peoples of Britain, the Britons, the Picts etc. were ALL Celtic, learn your history.

[lookin4brainz]

romans never step foot in Irealand jackass

[Dreoilin]

How civilized were the Roman or Greek ppl, if they treated thier own women as inferiour? There is NO mention if queen boudicca commeted sucide or not. She faught for and with her ppl because the romans raped and killed her 2 daughters, real nice of them! Why not mention that Patrick was a slave to a Druid while he was there. The early monks were no doubt Bards and Druids who were keeping the traditions alive.

[saif316]

Thanks for your comment. It really helps one to look at this paticular topic oh history from a different framework.

[OUTLAWDON101]

agree greeks werent civilised look what spartans did to there own youngthing with greeks everything except themeselves were barbarians look at how they started a war with persia then made themeselves look like the invaded ones there history is fake so is romana most of there supposed inventions your aqueducts and hot baths that was carthage that had all that first rome empire was a copy of carthage

[crrostro]

@Dreoilin There are many things that still need researched without any bias. Sadly, the victors write the history.

[Maginhal]

@Dreoilin Actually there is mention of her committing suicide. There are two differing versions of this portion of history depending on if you are following the documentation of Tacitus or Dio

[ShaNagmaImmuru]

@Dreoilin the athenians didnt,the spartans on the other hand did. no race in this world was or will ever be truely civilised. As for the romans.I guess its hard for you to understand the deferences between romans and greeks but dont generalise. i take it that your heritage is celtic,mine is greek, other viewers would be italian or german,at the bottom line,all our cultures contributed in creating the western civilisation.we should celebrate our divercities,thats what makes europe great.