The Celts emerged from Iron-Age Europe around 2,700 years ago in a timely alpine village. And went on to become one of the wealthiest people in European history. All thanks to a discovery deep inside the mountains, highly prized at the time: salt. Celts: The Untold Story II: The Art and War
The Celts exchanged their trading past for a future of violence. ibid.
The Celts’ new strategy of acquiring wealth and land through violence was a huge success. ibid.
An artistic explosion unlike anything anyone has seen before. ibid.
Could it be that some of these women would also fight alongside their men. ibid.
After crossing the Alps, Roman troops pushed deeper into central Europe. They are venturing into the land controlled by their old enemies, the fearless Celts. Celts: The Untold Story III: Skyfall
The dawn of the Celts is over, but the rise of the Celts is just beginning. Hoards of marauding Celts now descend on Europe, seizing by force what previous generations had acquired peacefully through trade. ibid.
The Celts’ beliefs were embedded in the cycle of nature and riddled with superstition. ibid.
We get the first real sense of the influence of Mediterranean practices on Celtic life … increasingly dependant on their southern neighbours. ibid.
The Celts are feeling threatened and increasingly isolated. ibid.
The ingenious Celts who dominated Europe for eight centuries, and then faded away in eight short decades. ibid.