ANCIENT BRITISH AND IRISH CELTS IN GREEK AND ROMAN SOURCES (500 BC - AD 60)

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Presents the ancient sources for the Atlantic Celts in chapters covering the resources, commerce, warfare, and beliefs of the oceanic Celts. Contains updated translations of ancient sources concerning the lands known as Ivernia and Britannia. Reveals what the Greeks and Romans knew about the origins, culture, and social practices of the insular Celts. Includes the campaign reports of Julius Caesar, along with accounts of conquests by the Emperor Claudius. These ancient texts reveal the ambitions, conflict, and compromises involved in establishing the Roman province of Britannia, which by AD 60 encompassed most of southern Britain. Contains 20 color illustrations.