From their emergence as an Iron Age people around 800 BCE to the early
centuries CE, Celts reveals the truth behind the stories of naked
warriors, ritual beheadings, druids, magic, and accusations of human
sacrifice.
Before the Vikings, before the Anglo-Saxons, before the Roman Empire,
the Celts dominated central and western Europe. Today we might think of
the Celts only inhabiting parts of the far west of Europe--Ireland,
Great Britain, France, and Spain--but these were the extremities in
which their culture lasted longest. In fact, they had originated in
central Europe and settled as far afield as present-day Turkey, Poland,
and Italy. This book examines the different tribes, the Hallstatt and La
Tène periods, as well as Celtic survival in western Europe, the Gallic
Wars, military life, spiritual life, slavery, sexuality, and Celtic art.
Celts is an expertly written account of a people who have long
captured the popular imagination.