{"product_id":"9781399056861","title":"The Celtic Tribes : Origins, Ancestry \u0026 The Warrior Class","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe people we know as the Celts were an Iron Age culture that originated in central Europe,�probably around modern-day Hungary, Southern Germany and the Czech Republic, some�three thousand years ago. They were groups of distinct tribal peoples who shared a common�language and culture that thrived until they were confronted by an aggressive and�expansionist Roman Empire set on conquest.   This book traces their many migrations westward over the following centuries, and their�advances into the Atlantic coastal regions, especially into countries like France, Spain,�Portugal, Belgium, Britain and Ireland, largely replacing the Neolithic people that formerly�occupied these territories. These migrations were rarely peaceful and as a result the Celts�were widely regarded as warlike and inherently aggressive.   The book describes the many inter-tribal and territorial confrontations that occurred during�the Roman period. It explains the fighting methods, tactics and style of Celtic warfare as well�as the warrior leaders like Boudicca, Brennus, Ambiorix and Vercingetorix, and others who�emerged to resist Roman incursions. Despite fierce resistance, in the end, little of that great�culture survived intact. Many of these tribes were savagely and purposely exterminated as a�matter of policy, others were Romanised to become reluctant citizens of the Roman Republic,�and only those whose territories lay in the northern and western extremities of the Empire -�in the British islands, Ireland and Brittany in North-West France, avoided total subjugation.   Several hundred of these ancient Celtic and other related tribes are included here.�Although each had its own distinct identity, they shared a common culture with a widespread�and unifying system of religious belief largely held together by Druids.�The tribes described in the book include Gauls, Germans, Galatians, Lusitanians, Britons,�Picts, Cambrians and Caledonians, among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54819520151928,"sku":"9781399056861","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781399056861.jpg?v=1732206605","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781399056861","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}