08-01-2010, 09:10 PM
If we can believe Julius Caesar, who had considerable first hand knowledge of the Celtic/Gaulic and the Germanic peoples, he opens his commentaries on the Gallic wars with, "All Gaul is divided into three parts, in which the Belgae, Aquitani, and "those who by their own language are called Celts, but in ours [Latin/Roman] are called Gauls..." He seemed to believe that the Gallic tribes called themselves "Celts". [Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quorum unum incolunt Belgae, alii Aquitanii, tertii ei qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appelantur...] Should we discredit his statement?
He calls those who live in modern Germany, those north of the Rhine, "Germanics", unless he uses their particular tribal names. We can conclude that he made a distinction that is often not so clearly made these days.
What does it mean? Dunno. I'm pretty sure this has other threads dedicated to that topic, but it's been a while. Maybe that info is in one of those.
He calls those who live in modern Germany, those north of the Rhine, "Germanics", unless he uses their particular tribal names. We can conclude that he made a distinction that is often not so clearly made these days.
What does it mean? Dunno. I'm pretty sure this has other threads dedicated to that topic, but it's been a while. Maybe that info is in one of those.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
