Who Were The Celts?

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[Cronos]

Contrast that with the huge number of Celts, who as The Lost Tribes of Israel may not have know who they really were, at least retained some semblance of tribal identity even to this day. (As in birds of a feather flock together.)

I hope I've proved to you by now that the CELTS ARE NOT THE LOST TRIBE. They are ARYANS, not SEMITES like Israelis. Most of them were slaughtered and now we are GERMANO-ROMAN physically.

[RightWhale]

There were no Romans--no such thing--everyone was local people.

[Cronos]

There were no Romans--no such thing--everyone was local people.

The Original Romans or the people of Rome were Latins with Etruscan traces -- they were right on the border between the Latinum plain and the Etruscan land.  As part of conquest the Roman soldiers got land in the conquered territory. 

When Rome conquered CisAlpine Gaul (northern Italy that got occupied by the Gauls), they slaughtered the local population and replaced them with Roman citizens, of Latin origin (they did have a population crisis).

Next, aroudn 50 BC. Julius Caesar invaded Gaul and basicaly committed genocide, with millions supposedly killed (we may never know hte exact numbers but Caesar himself notes down pretty good figures in his Commentaries and whole tribes were wiped out).  He replaced these, especially those in the Provence and bordering areas with Latins -- more trustworthy.

By the time of Vespasian, a century later, the Celts had totally given up their culture and had intermingled with the Latins, maybe the old soldiers got htemselves fair-headed brides.

Roman citizenship now was extended to all of Italy and to parts of Provence and Iberia

From this point onwards you are correct, Romans were multi-ethnic.  But most had Latin blood.

[Cronos]

There were no Romans--no such thing--everyone was local people.

Oh and yeah, there was no Celtic RACE, they were the same as the Germanics and had the same racial characteristics as the Aryan race to which the Romans too belonged and to the Caucasian race to which a whole lot of people belong.

[SunkenCiv]

A Blast from the Past that was missed. Thanks Blam.

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[Bellflower]

And what does scientific genetic research of Celtic ancestry say about this theory?

[Pharmboy]

Great info, blam. Always interested in the Euro tribes...do you have a good source on the Picts?

[blam]

"do you have a good source on the Picts?"

No. However, something has lead me to suspect that they may be related to the Xiongnu, nothing specific I can point out though.

[MacDorcha]

Celtic ping-a-ling!

Haven't read it yet... just woke up. Partook in an ages-old scottish tradition last night.

Needless to say, I'm yet to be all here :)

[MacDorcha]

I don't think they do, but I do :)

Want on?

[MacDorcha]

"Celts are not even a race, they are a group of peoples who spoke related languages."

Same with the Indians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans...

[LilDarlin]

Nah....they're a basketball team from Boston.

[MacDorcha]

Which Picts?

There are two of them that I am aware of. "White" ones, and some from the Mongol region (Xiongnu)

Their connection (and reason for the shared name) could be due to the Aryans of before either. The Picts could be seperatists from the same tribe that went to India all those years ago. One on either side of the caucus mountains.

[MacDorcha]

Just FYI y'all, I DO have a celtic ping list. If you want on, just mail me or ping me in here.

[Pharmboy]

I was referring to the ones who populated the British Isles a while back; possible origin of the word "pixie."

[MacDorcha]

The best I can offer off the bat on them is the texts of Caesar that mentioned the tall blonde barbarians to the north.

Other than that, I need to do some hunting. Ping me later if I forget to get back to you.

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for your help. I've been interested in the Picts since I first heard about them on a trip to England in the 80s.

[adam_az]

You're nuts, dude.

[Drammach]

My best source so far on the Picts..

http://members.tripod.com/~Halfmoon/

[BenLurkin]

" . . . were first identified, about 600 BC, at the same place the Lost Tribes of Israel disappeared."

Yup.