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This episode I interview the host of the Cambrian Chronicles YouTube channel. The Cambrian Chronicles YouTube Channel presents Welsh and Brythonic History so our conversation centers on the study of history generally. While less formal than the previous interview with Dr. Philip Freeman I hope this is as informative as the last interview.
Cambrian Chronicles YouTube Channel
Mad Dogs of Cambria
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This episode details the arrival of the Celts into Asia Minor and their transformation into the Galatians of biblical fame. While we are centuries away from Paul’s epistle to the Galatians it is important I outline how the Celtic people of central Anatolia made it there. I also outline the Gauls' initial movement into Galatia and eventual involvement with the Hellenistic Kings of Asia Minor.
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Primary Sources:
Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. 25.1
Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 38.16
Memnon, History of Heracleia Ch. 11
Pausanias, Description of Greece. 15.15.3
Polybius, Histories. 4.46
Strabo, Geography. 12.15.1
Secondary Sources:
Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9
Freeman, Philip: The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts. ISBN: 978-1-4165-8523-7
Grainger, John: The Galatians: Celtic Invaders of Greece and Asia Minor ISBN; 978-1526770684
Maier, Bernhard: The Celts: A History from Earliest Times to the Present. ISBN 978-1-4744-2620-3
Rankin, David: The Celts and the Classical World. ISBN 0-415-15090-6
Images:
The Dying Gaul: Image from Wikippedia
The Ludovisi Gaul: Image from Wikipedia
Cavarus Coin from Tylis: cngcoins.com, Kings of Thrace, Celtic, Tylis, Cavarus
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This episode I discuss the invasion of the Balkans by the Celts. Led by multiple leaders but most famously Brennus, the Gauls/Celts invaded Macedon and continued into Greece proper making it all the way to Delphi. From the accounts of our Classical authors, we see echoes of the Greek belief in the barbarity of the Celts. If you want tohear some of these accounts, then join me in this episode on the Celtic Invasion of Greece.
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Primary Sources:
Diodorus Siculus: Library of History, Book 22.9
Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 24.5-25.2
Pausanias: Description of Greece, Book 10.19-23
Secondary Sources:
Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9
Dizdar, Marko: Late La Tène Settlements in the Vinkovci Region (Eastern Slavonia, Croatia): Centres of Trade and Exchange. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv8d5tb6.7
Freeman, Philip: The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts. ISBN: 978-1-4165-8523-7
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In this episode I go over the Celtic advance further into Italy. I go over their run-ins with both the Etruscans and the Romans. Finally, I focus on Livy’s account of the Celtic sack of Rome and the cementation of the Celts as the ultimate barbarians to the Romans for the centuries to come.
Primary Sources
Livy: History of Rome, Book 5 perseus.tufts.edu
Secondary Sources
Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9
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This episode is on the initial settlement of the Celts inItaly as well as the reasons for the migration of the Celts out of the Celtic homeland. As always, I go over what our classical authors have to say about these events. I supplement this with what modern scholars have to say about the subject. This episode begins a series on the migration of the Celtic people and their interactions with the people they encroached upon.
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Email: [email protected]
Twitter (X): @histofthecelts
Primary Sources:
Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, 24.4 attalus.org
Livy: History of Rome, 5.34 perseus.tufts.edu
Pliny the Elder: Natural History perseus.tufts.edu
Secondary Sources:
Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9
Maier, Bernhard: The Celts: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, ISBN: 978-1-4744-2720-3
Green, Miranda J.: The Celtic World, ISBN: 0-415-05764-7
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This episode is a short investigation into the lives of two Kings of Macedon, Philip and Alexander. Without going into too much detail this will set up the following episodes on the Celtic migrations into the Mediterranean world. I spend much of the time discussing Philip’s reign as that is not talked about as often. I also go into some anecdotes related to the Celts and Alexander in the historical record, but this episode is not as focused on the Celts as they do not feature much in the stories of Philip and Alexander.
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Twitter: @histofthecelts
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Primary sources:
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History Book 16.94
Strabo, Geography Book 7.3.8
Secondary Sources:
Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors ISBN: 9781784978693
Barry Cunliffe, The Ancient Celts ISBN: 978–0–19–875292–9
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This episode we focus on women in the Celtic world. Did they have more power in comparison to their Mediterranean counterparts? What did ancient authors have to say about Ancient Celtic women? Does archaeology back up what they said? All those questions will be answered in this episode.
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Twitter: @histofthecelts
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Primary Sources:
Ammianus Marcellinus: Rerum Gestarum Book XV Chapter 12 Perseus Digital Library
Aristotle: Politics Book 2 Perseus Digital Library
Diodorus Siculus: Bibliotheka Book V Lacus Curtius Homepage
Secondary Sources:
Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9
Freeman, Philip: The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts. ISBN: 978-1-4165-8523-7
Mark Cartwight: Spartan Women from worldhistory.org
Mark Cartwight: Women in Ancient Greece from worldhistory.org
Related Images:
Recreation of the Grave of Vix from worldhistory.org
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This episode I discuss important aspects of Celtic society and culture. This includes social hierarchies and the feast, which helped reinforce that social hierarchy. The final part of the discussion is something I have talked little about, warfare in the Celtic world. Here you will hear of things like how a Celtic warrior was fitted for battle. On top of that are Classical accounts of the Celts running into battle naked so as to strike fear into the hearts of the enemy.
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Twitter: @histofthecelts
Website: hocpod.wordpress.com where I post blog posts and related images from the episode.
Primary Sources:
Athenaeus: Deipnosophistae Curtesy of the Celtic Literature Collective
Diodorus Siculus: Library of History Book V Section 19-40, Curtesy of Bill Thayer and the University of Chicago, Laucus Curtius Homepage
Plutarch: Life of Marcellus Chapter 6 Section 4 From Perseus Digital Library
Plutarch: Life of Marius Chapter 25 Section 7 From Perseus Digital Library
Polybius: Histories Book 2 Section 33: Tactics Against the Gauls. From Perseus Digital Library
Strabo: Geography Book IV Chapter 4 Section 2 From Perseus Digital Library
Secondary Sources:
Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9
Freeman, Philip: The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts. ISBN: 978-1-4165-8523-7
Green, Miranda J.: The Celtic World, ISBN: 0-415-05764-7; J.N.G. and W.F. Ritchie Chapter 4: The Army, Weapons, and Fighting,
Related Images:
Arc of Triumph in Orange Image from Wikipedia
Battersea Shield Image curtesy of the British Museum
Boar Helmeted Figure on the Gundestrup Cauldron Image from Wikipedia
The Dying Gaul From worldhistory.org
Waterloo Helmet Image from Wikipedia
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This episode I have a discussion with Dr. Philip Freeman. Dr. Freeman is a Professor of History at Pepperdine University with a PhD in Classics and Celtic Studies. He has written many books on History in general but on Celtic History as well. One such book is a major source for this show going forward titled The Philosopher and the Druids: a Journey Among the Ancient Celts. We discuss if we can trust our Classical sources like Posidonius or Julius Caesar. On top of this are important insights in teaching History.
Dr. Freeman's website: https://philipfreemanbooks.com/
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In this episode I discuss the settlement of Britain. Today, the vast majority of speakers of a Celtic language live in the British Isles. Investigating the beginnings of life in Britain is important to understanding the settlement and spread of Celtic into Britain. While not comprehensive this is an introduction to the settlement of Britain by early hunter-gatherer groups which gave way to Neolithic settlements and eventually the settlement of the Isles by Celtic peoples.
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Sources:
Various Authors: Large Scale Migration into Britain During the Middle to Late Bronze-Age https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8889665/
Barry Cunliffe: Britain Begins ISBN 978–0–19–960933–8
Geoffrey of Monmouth: Historia Regnum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain), Translated by Aaron Thompson
Tacitus: Agricola https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0081%3Achapter%3D11
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In this episode, I discuss the concept of historiography.One the most important aspects of the study of history is analyzing where thosesources come from and what they say. For the Ancient Celts most of our primarysources come from the classical authors like Julius Caesar and Posidonius. Ialso discuss how more modern scholars from the 1800s viewed the Ancient Celtsand how ironic this view tended to be in comparison to their treatment ofmodern Celtic peoples.
Intro/Outro Music: Teller of the Tales - Kevin MacLeod
Website: hocpod.wordpress.com
Twitter: @histofthecelts
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Sources:
Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN978–0–19–875292–9
Green, Miranda J.: The Celtic World, ISBN: 0-415-05764-7
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/historiography
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In this episode I discuss the rise of the La Tene people. This is meant as a broad overview of the main culture our classical authors were writing about. While this is often considered a different culture altogether, there is ample evidence to support that the La Tene people were a continuation of what came before. If that is of interest then please join me for this discussion on the La Tene peoples.
Intro/Outro Music: Teller of the Tales - Kevin MacLeod
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Twitter: @histofthecelts
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Works Cited:
Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9
Maier, Bernhard: The Celts: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, ISBN: 978-1-4744-2720-3
Green, Miranda J.: The Celtic World, ISBN: 0-415-05764-7
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This episode we begin talking about the Celts proper, or at least the people we call the Celts. First I talk about one theory that posits the beginnings of Celtic History is in the west, on the Atlantic Fringe of Europe. After that I discuss the most commonly accepted start for Celtic History in the Hallstatt culture of Central Europe and their vast contacts with the Mediterranean and beyond. If that interests you then please join me in my discussion of Celtic origins and the Early Hallstatt Culture.
Intro/Outro Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxMJmw71CMA
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Twitter: @histofthecelts
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Works Cited:
Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9
Maier, Bernhard: The Celts: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, ISBN: 978-1-4744-2720-3
Roberts, Alice: The Celts: Search for a Civilization, ISBN: 978-1-78429-335-2
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In this episode we begin a discussion on the people ancient to the Celts, their linguistic ancestors the Proto-Indo-Europeans. 46% of the world speaks an Indo-European language and the Celts are no exception. Before investigating the origins of the Celts, we describe what came before.
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This episode I discuss myself and my plans for this podcast. If you are interested please give this a quick listen for more information.
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