This map shows the various Celtic and Germanic tribes around circa 52 BCE.
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By Benjamin Welton Tacitus’ ethnographic work, Germania (98 AD), caused quite a stir among the Renaissance’s numerous intellectuals when it was rediscovered in 15th century Italy. This is because it provided a lengthy history of Europe’s deep divide between what was considered Roman and “non-Roman.” After all, it was once believed that the Germanic peoples—the
Syria, autumn 117 CE As tired as Publius Aelius Hadrianus Buccellanus might be, he knows his day is far from over. He has just finished a tense...
This article will discuss two very different peoples, who had different Gods and Goddesses, different holidays (at different times), spoke languages on entirely different language branches (which were not mutually intelligible), and who had completely different rituals. While I myself am an adherent of Aldsidu, which was a historical Germanic Religion, I am not at all trying to say that Celts or Germanic peoples are more or less superior/inferior to each other. Each are amazing traditions (his
The ancient roots of the Slavs can be traced through language and archeology to the time of late Babylon, and the Vedic culture of India, but more distinct records reveal them as a military force supporting the many tribes, the Avars, the Scythians, Visigoths and Ugrics who harried the edges of the Roman empire in 600s CE. They accompanied many Celtic and the Germanic tribes across the Baltics, down to Constantinople and Greece before retreating to the Black Sea and territories further North, to fill the vaccum left by the collapse of Atilla the Hun's great empire. Records of their early history were written by monkish historians, after conversion to Christianity swept across the most of lands beyond the old Roman Empire in the 800s and 900s. Their mythology is similar to the Scandinavians of the era, but their lands became more extensive as their influence settled into the broad categories familiar today, with East, West and South Slavs, incorporating the Bulgarians and Hungarians too. This fascinating new book locates the history and influence of the Slavic people during the some of the most important eras in the development of European cultures. Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction: authors, myths, tales and history without which the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best, most influential and most fascinating works into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new Introduction and a Glossary of Terms or lists of Ancient Leaders. 3 Line drawings, black and white
Who were the Anglo-Saxons and where did they come from. Why did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain? Discover their origins and history here.
Most of the nations in modern-day Central, Western, and Northern Europe can be described as either Nordic, Germanic, or Celtic. But it's definitely no