08-01-2009, 08:56 PM
Quote:I thank Conal, Agraes, Caesar, and that Galatian noble for the vote of confidence.
"National identity" was never mentioned. And Celts had no national identity-- the very reason they lost at Alesia. But they did have cultural identity. Societies had a sense of structure, elements that gave them unification. Whether or not "the man from the north" pricked himself with ink or slathered himself with woad, the act in itself was a demonstration of this cultural unity. And it wasn't Roman.
very true.loyalty was to a particular clan or leader.
alesia-and the same is true here in britain.
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