Gobbet

Question 1

Warfare according to polybuis

Answer 1

Present the celts in a formative influence on the development of Roman military power.
Continued threats to power
Contrasted the calm Roman army. Violative and unpredictable
They panic and lose it.

Question 2

Warfare according to Poseidonious

Answer 2

Traveled widely in the Alps and Gaul and Spain and maybe the UK. Seen different pract

Question 3

Warfare according to Poseidonious

Answer 3

Traveled widely in the Alps and Gaul and Spain and maybe the UK. Seen different practises and societies.
His work - Strabo, diodorious, athneous and Caesar.
May overemphasize the irrational nature of the celts - view of the noble savage.
All sources biased one way or another but should not stop us from using them.

Question 4

Warfare and weapons

Answer 4

Common - sword and spear. Some used bow and arrow but rare. Main protection was a shield. All reflected in archaeological record.
Iron swords e.g. the kirkburn sword. Bow and arrow rare in archeology.
Shield described as man sized but Dio - individual decorated. Bronze Shields e.g. Battersea

Question 5

Warfare

Answer 5

Naked fighting - seen in art. The naked Gaul.
Torc worn in battle - religious symbols. Lots of meaning.
Battle seen on coinage.
Boasters, threaten, conflict embedded in social system.
The carnyx in battle.
Use of alcohol

Question 6

Feasting

Answer 6

Social equilibrium. Social status and prestige were demonstrated.
The top - wealth, military etc at the central position. Two men at either side -shield man and and spear man. Shield man behind and spear men at the feast.
Antheus - beast is cut and served in order of status.
Or aggressive confrontation - single combat
A man may pledge his life for gifts. Killed by slit throat

High structured affair. A chance to. Make ur claim
Bards role

Question 7

Art materials

Answer 7

Bronze and gold. Sheet bronze hard to make. Bronze beaked flagons form Basse yutz based on Etruscan. Beasts - represents gold work as far west as Hungary. Agris helmet
Bone - used as a template - county meath.
Ingots large number in the later LA tene this is demonstrating the quality of iron

Question 8

Grave goods in Britain

Answer 8

Hierarchy of burials
simple cremation in pots or with them. Next - bronze bound wooden buckets and maybe Roman vessels called after type site - aylesford
Rich female burials with decorated mirrors and bronze bowls.
Richest - kingly like Lexden. Grave goods ritually destroyed