Roman military blacksmith

[Carlton Bach]

Hmmm.... I've seen these tools in a couple of books listed as "Celtic". Given the time range I can understand why they could be either "Celtic" or Roman, but I wonder if they really know what the providence is.

The Augsburg ones? The sheer volume makes it fairly unlikely they come from anything other than a Roman military depot. But bearing in mind the long time Roman armies spent in Celtic territory, the importance of Northern Italy - Gallia Cisalpina - in arms manufacturing and the frequency of technological exchanges (Celtic metalsmithing was not inferior to the Roman tradition and likely borrowing went both ways), there may be no difference whatsoever between the two.