Germanics and Gauls
(- threads, 11 posts)
The cultural blending between Germanic and Celtic cultures is evident. Besides Roman pottery and weaponry archeology in Germany, Skandinavia and Poland comes up with metallurgic products and more of Celtic origin. Apart from trading objects there should have been cultural interchange as well. The cult of Epona, e.g., seems to have spread with the posting of Batavian auxiliary units after the revolt lead by Iulius Civilis ... ...
Blended or Divided?
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For a long time academic tradition stressed the cultural differences between Celtic and Germanic peoples, based on nationbuilding legends in the Romanesque and Germanic countries. What makes a Gaul a Gaul, and what makes a Germanic a Germanic? Or is even the idea of a Gaul nation on one side and a Germanic nation on the other nothing but a fake myth?
Created by: * Ahtaswintha Chattian, Aug 8, 2003 - 11:42
Charles Martel (* Barbel Gepid, Jul 6, 2005 - 13:12 )
Sounds like a good book (* Nantonos Aedui, Apr 1, 2004 - 06:46 )
Linguistic map - second century bce (* Nantonos Aedui, Aug 31, 2003 - 00:12 )
Cocidius and the problem of relating the names of gods' to a cultural background (* Ahtaswintha Chattian, Aug 30, 2003 - 09:30 )
Cocidius - Celtic or Germanic (* Nantonos Aedui, Aug 29, 2003 - 16:59 )
But how do we know what language they spoke? (* Ahtaswintha Chattian, Aug 22, 2003 - 12:25 )
OK so I get the modern part (* Surus Helvetti, Aug 21, 2003 - 13:05 )
An example of naming issues (* Nantonos Aedui, Aug 10, 2003 - 10:56 )
It's several issues (* Ahtaswintha Chattian, Aug 10, 2003 - 02:57 )
What is the issue exactly? (* Surus Helvetti, Aug 9, 2003 - 20:23 )