Roman expansion into celtic territory

Chintai

Member
Thanks for the link Rhonda. I like the map and if it had labelled the countries it would be even better. Great site, with lots of other cool things for budding young historians.
 

Bona Dea

New Member
Thanks for the link - it was really interesting looking at how power changed as well as the trade routes and major cites of the different times.

There was lots of other cool stuff on the site as well
 

indianaj

New Member
Makes you wonder, how fragile a beginning one of the worlds largest empires had. Yet they managed to build an empire that when was finally defeated put Europe in the dark ages for 1000 years.
 

LegendofJoe

Active Member
History could have turned out very differently if The Celts had more of that centralized organizing spirit that Rome had. They managed to defeat the Romans in the fourth century B.C.E. (I believe), when Rome was still a fledgling republic. It was only when they were bribed with a ton of gold would they leave. After that it was down hill for the Celts. The Romans crept up to the Po valley and defeated them badly. Then Gaul was taken from them. The Celts were the original Barbarians (someone who did not speak Greek), along with the Persians and Scythians. It was only later that the term was associated with the Germans.
If the Celts did not consist of loosely connected, independantly minded tribes, and had a vision of empire, there would probably have not been a Rome at all.
 

DLegend

Member
If the Celts did not consist of loosely connected, independantly minded tribes, and had a vision of empire, there would probably have not been a Rome at all.
You are absolutely right. They are more numerous than the Romans but the Romans are more disciplined and they think as one body. The fall of Roman Empire is due to the squabbling of its citizens which divided them, as did with any empire.
 
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