Who are were the Celts?
* A:This is a hot topic and there are many definitions: (1)- A culture and people defined by the archeological remains of two cultures now in Austria and Switzerland: Halstatt ( 800BC to 250BC ) and La Tene ( +/- 430BC to 1AD ). The Celts, whose language group belongs to the Indo-European family of languages, eventually occupied lands from Turkey to Spain to the British Isles. Names of a few of the tribes were: Arverni, Treveri, Helvetii, Iceni, Venetes, Silures, Caledonii. Most were conquered by the Romans by 200AD. Remnant peoples in Ireland, Scotland and Wales converted/were converted to Christianity by +/- 700AD. (N.B. This definition excludes the pre-Celtic Neolithic peoples, who built stone monuments, such as StoneHenge and Newgrange. ) (2)- The peoples living in the modern Celtic “nations” of: Brittany, Cornwall, Ireland, Mann, Scotland and Wales. While united in prehistory, they have differences in language, history and culture. (N.B. The Welsh and Scots get really annoyed if y
