The reverse side of a Celtic bronze mirror from 50 BC. There is even evidence that it is the Celts introduced the Romans to soap, and that it was mandatory in some tribes for the men to bathe before enjoying their evening meal. Celtic sites have an abundance of grooming tools, such as combs and hair pins. However, the archaeological evidence shows that this is far from true. Thanks to the Roman accounts, we tend to think of the Celts as scruffy, dirty, and smelly. The Celts Paid Attention to Their Hygiene The site has over 1000 burials with Celtic features, dated to approximately 1200 BC.Ĭeltic warrior. In fact, the earliest evidence of Celtic culture is from the site of Hallstatt, Austria. So, it comes as a surprise to learn that the Celts were not originally from either of these regions. Furthermore, most British school children are taught about Hadrian’s Wall, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian in 122 AD to keep the Picts, a Celtic tribe in modern Scotland, confined to the North. The instantly recognizable Celtic art style is something people associate with Ireland, and movies such as Braveheart cement the idea that the Celts were present in Scotland. Today, people think of the Celtic culture as being a part of Irish and Scottish heritage. The Celts Did Not Originate in Ireland or Scotland The way the Romans depicted the Celts has influenced our modern opinions of their society, as evidenced by popular depictions like the Asterix comics, but there are a lot of fascinating facts about Celtic society which show a different side of the Celts altogether.ġ. Their distinctive artistic style has survived into the 21 st century, likewise some remnants of their traditions and language.
Although the first mentions of the Celts were in Roman texts from around the 7 th Century AD, the Celtic culture is thought to have emerged around 1200 BC.ĭespite the picture the Romans painted of a savage and brutish society of uncultured, unrestrained ruffians, their culture was a complex one. Even the name given to them by the Romans (Galli) translates to barbarian. They shared similar languages, traditions, religions, and cultural practices and were known for their fierceness in battle and the fact the Romans perceived them as a culture of barbarians. Sixty seconds per minute, sixty minutes per hour: modern time, is in fact, Babylonian time.The Celts were a distinct ethnic group made up of tribes spread across Europe. Technical achievements such as the creation of a base 60, "sexigesimal," system of mathematics, are still used to this day. Researchers have even found several optical devices, similar to magnifying glasses, which were used to allow record keepers to write in smaller cuneiform, in order to fit more information on each clay tablet.ĭespite numerous regime changes, education reached exceptional heights among the Babylonians. With laws pertaining to almost every aspect of daily living, a significant amount of data was recorded, and much of this has been uncovered and excavated during the modern era. Starting with Hammurabi and continuing down until the empire's dissolution at the hands of Cyrus and the great Persian emperors, every financial transaction, every court verdict, every contract, and just about anything that could be written down, was - on clay tablets.
Much like the Sumerian Empire from which they were descended, Babylonia was a nation of fanatical record-keepers.
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