Celtic Studies (01/30)
"Madainn mhath, a chlas." Camulus looks rather distracted. "I hope you all enjoyed Friday's film and am pleased to see that you survived the weekend." Only in Fandom would this be said without an ounce of sarcasm or irony. "Today we are moving our focus from Scotland to the European continent - my apologies, Mr. Macbeth. We'll be moving from the continent to Ireland in a few days, which will be the focus of the course from then on.
"The Celts, contrary to popular belief, did not originate in the British isles, or even the nearby region now known as France. The Celts (the Keltoi, as the Classical authors were wont to call them) actually hail from the country around what is now Switzerland, in the late Stone Age. While the Roman Empire was stuggling in its infancy, Celtic culture was spreading across Europe and into Indo-China by the way of trade routes and rivers and came to be one of the dominant races of the Bronze Age. With the reputation for violence that they were quickly gaining, the Celts were often hired as mercenaries by any city-state in need. In fact, a large number of Celts made their way to Greece, where they lost no time in pillaging, sacking, and burning their former employers. The Celts also sacked Rome. It was only towards the end of their domination of Europe, closer to the year 500 BCE, that they began to cross over to the British Isles, displacing the native Picts or whichever races lived there previously."
He then continues to lecture on the Halstatt and La Tene cultures.
"Oh, and finally, to reiterate my attendance policy. Skip three and you're in detention. Mr. Scissorhands, Miss Alexander, Miss Summers, you each stand at two. Okay, so Edward has three but I acknowledge the badness of time zones. Just a warning."
"The Celts, contrary to popular belief, did not originate in the British isles, or even the nearby region now known as France. The Celts (the Keltoi, as the Classical authors were wont to call them) actually hail from the country around what is now Switzerland, in the late Stone Age. While the Roman Empire was stuggling in its infancy, Celtic culture was spreading across Europe and into Indo-China by the way of trade routes and rivers and came to be one of the dominant races of the Bronze Age. With the reputation for violence that they were quickly gaining, the Celts were often hired as mercenaries by any city-state in need. In fact, a large number of Celts made their way to Greece, where they lost no time in pillaging, sacking, and burning their former employers. The Celts also sacked Rome. It was only towards the end of their domination of Europe, closer to the year 500 BCE, that they began to cross over to the British Isles, displacing the native Picts or whichever races lived there previously."
He then continues to lecture on the Halstatt and La Tene cultures.
"Oh, and finally, to reiterate my attendance policy. Skip three and you're in detention. Mr. Scissorhands, Miss Alexander, Miss Summers, you each stand at two. Okay, so Edward has three but I acknowledge the badness of time zones. Just a warning."