A Brief History of the Celts

by Peter Berresford Ellis

Catuvolcus, king ref 1

  cauldrons ref 1, ref 2

  see also Gundestrup Cauldron

  cavalry ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  Cellach ref 1

  Celtchair ref 1

  Celtillus, king ref 1, ref 2

  Celts

  communication between ref 1

  hospitality of ref 1

  migrations ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  morality of ref 1, ref 2

  name, origin of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  origins of ref 1 passim, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Roman view of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14

  royal succession ref 1, ref 2

  society and economy ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Cennfaelad ref 1

  Cenomani ref 1, ref 2

  Cerethrios ref 1

  Cerne Abbas Giant ref 1

  Cerunnos ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  chariot graves ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  chariots ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13

  Charmis ref 1

  Children of Danu ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Chiltern Open Air Museum ref 1

  Chiomara ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Christianity ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36, ref 37

  Chrysostom, Dion ref 1

  Chysauster, Cornwall ref 1

  Ciaran ref 1

  Cicero, Marcus Tullius (ref 1 BC) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Cimbaeth ref 1

  Cimbri ref 1

  Cingetorix, king ref 1

  Clement of Alexandria (AD ref 1/216) ref 1, ref 2

  Clickhimin broch ref 1

  clothing ref 1, ref 2

  Clusium ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Cogidubnus, king ref 1

  coins ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14

  Colaeus ref 1

  Colchester ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Coligny Calendar ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  colleges ref 1, ref 2

  Commius, king ref 1, ref 2

  Conall Cáel ref 1

  Conchobhar MacNessa ref 1

  Concolitanus ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Connacht ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Coritani ref 1

  Corlea roadway ref 1, ref 2

  Cormac Mac Art ref 1, ref 2

  Cormac’s Glossary ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Cornwall ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  language ref 1

  Crannogs ref 1, ref 2

  Credhne ref 1, ref 2

  Crinias ref 1

  crops ref 1

  Cúchulainn ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  Culhwch ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Cunobelinus (Cymbeline) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Cunomarus ref 1, ref 2

  Cynesii ref 1

  Cystennin, king ref 1

  Dacians ref 1

  Dagda, the ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Danebury fort, Hampshire ref 1

  Danu ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Danube, river ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Degad ref 1

  Deiotarus ref 1, ref 2

  Delphi ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Demetus, king ref 1

  Desborough mirror ref 1, ref 2

  Dian Cécht ref 1, ref 2

  Diarmuid Mac Murrough ref 1

  Diciul ref 1, ref 2

  Dillon, Professor Myles ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Dinas, Emrys ref 1

  Dio Cassius (AD ref 1) ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Diodorus Sicilus ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15

  Dionysius of Halicarnassus ref 1, ref 2

  Dis-Pater ref 1, ref 2

  Dithorba ref 1

  Diviciacus, king ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Divicio ref 1

  divinations ref 1, ref 2

  Domnall ref 1

  Donal IX MacCarthy Mór ref 1, ref 2

  Dream of Rhonabwy, The ref 1, ref 2

  Druids ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11 passim, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  females ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  functions of ref 1 passim, ref 1, ref 2

  as healers ref 1

  and oak trees ref 1, ref 2

  origin of name of ref 1

  Romans and ref 1, ref 2

  Dumnorix ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Dun Aenghus ref 1, ref 2

  Dun Twelve broch ref 1

  Eber ref 1, ref 2

  Eburones ref 1, ref 2

  Egypt ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Elen Luyddog ref 1, ref 2

  Emain Macha ref 1

  Emrys (Ambrosius) ref 1

  enamelling ref 1, ref 2

  England ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Entremont ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Eóghanacht dynasty ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Ephoros of Cyme ref 1

  Epona ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Eratosthenes of Cyrene ref 1

  Eremon ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Etruscans ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13

  Fabii brothers ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  farm buildings ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Fastidius, bishop ref 1

  Favorinus ref 1

  Fenechus, laws of the ref 1, ref 2

  Fenian Cycle ref 1, ref 2

  Fergus ref 1

  Fianna ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Fidelmid, Brother ref 1

  Fingin ref 1

  Fionn Mac Cumhail ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Firbolg ref 1, ref 2

  Fomorii ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  forts see towns

  France ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14

  See also Gaul

  Gael, the ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Gaesatae ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Galatea ref 1

  Galatia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12

  Gamanrad ref 1

  Ganna ref 1

  Gaul ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36

  Gauls ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15

  geese ref 1, ref 2

  Geoffrey of Monmouth ref 1

  Gergovia ref 1, ref 2

  Germanic language ref 1

  Germanic tribes ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Germany ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12

  Gildas (AD 500) ref 2

  Giolla Iosa Mór Mac Firbis ref 1

  Giraldus Cambrensis ref 1

  Glanum

  glass ref 1, ref 2

  goddesses ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5 passim, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  gods ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8 passim, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

 
; Gofannon ref 1, ref 2

  Goibhniu ref 1, ref 2

  Gospels, illuminated ref 1

  Graggaunowen ref 1

  Grannus ref 1

  graves ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  princely ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  warrior surgeon’s ref 1

  see also chariot graves; warrior graves

  Greece ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  alphabet ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Greek mythology ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Greeks ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36

  Gundestrup Cauldron ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Hallstat culture ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20

  Hannibal ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Hasholme, Yorkshire ref 1

  heads ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Hecataeus of Miletus (c.500 BC) ref 1

  Heidengraben ref 2

  helmets ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Helvetii ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Heracles (Hercules) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c.490 BC) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Heuneberg ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Hilary, bishop of Poitiers (c. AD ref 1) ref 2, ref 3

  Hinduism see Vedas

  Hippolytus ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  history ref 1, ref 2 passim

  Hittites ref 1, ref 2

  Hochdorf grave ref 1

  Hohenasperg ref 1, ref 2

  Hohmichele ref 1

  horses ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  hospitals ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  houses ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Hubert, Henri ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  human sacrifice ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  hunting ref 1

  Hy-Breasail ref 1

  Hywel Dda ref 1, ref 2

  Iberian peninsula ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18

  Iceni ref 1, ref 2

  Illyria ref 1 ref 2, ref 3

  India see also Vedas ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Indo-Europeans ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 2, ref 3, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36

  Indutiomarus ref 1

  inscriptions ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Insubres ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Ireland 12. ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36, ref 37, ref 38, ref 39, ref 40, ref 41

  castes ref 1, ref 2

  coinage ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  cosmology ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Druids ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  genealogies ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  graves ref 1

  houses ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  kings ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20

  literature ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

  medicine ref 1, ref 2

  roads ref 1, ref 2

  sea trade ref 1, ref 2

  women in ref 1, ref 2

  Irish language ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22

  Irish mythology ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16 passim

  iron ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  irrigation ref 1, ref 2

  Isle of Man ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Italy 12. ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12

  jewellery ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Julia Augusta, empress ref 1

  Keltoi ref 1

  Keltos, king ref 1

  La Graufesneque graffiti ref 1, ref 2

  La Tène culture ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18

  Laertius, Diogenes ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Lampsacos ref 1

  languages ref 1 passim, ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18 passim

  Laoghaire of Tara, king ref 1

  Lapis Niger ref 1

  Latin language ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29

  Latovici ref 1

  laws ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15

  learning ref 1, ref 2

  leather ref 1

  lenus ref 1

  Leo, king of the Cantii ref 1

  L’Hospitalet-du-Larzac ref 1

  literature ref 1

  Livy ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14

  Lleu Llaw Gyffes ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Loeghaire, king ref 1

  London ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Lucan ref 1, ref 2

  Luchta ref 1, ref 2

  Lugaid Riab nDerg ref 1

  Lugh Lamhfhada ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Lugus ref 1, ref 2

  Lusitani ref 1

  Mabinogion ref 1, ref 2

  Macedonia ref 1, ref 2

  Macha (goddess) ref 1, ref 2

  Macha of the Red Hair ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Macsen Wledig ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Máele Cobo ref 1

  Magnesia, battle of ref 1

  Magnus Maximus see Macsen Wledig

  Maiden Castle, Dorset ref 1

  Manching ref 1, ref 2

  Mandubracius ref 1

  manuring ref 1

  Maol Callum (Malcolm) ref 1

  Maponus ref 1

  Mark of Cornwall, king ref 1, ref 2

  Martial ref 1, ref 2

  Martin of Tours ref 1

  Massilia (Marseilles) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Matholwch of Ireland ref 1, ref 2

  Medb, queen of Connacht ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Medb Lethderg ref 1

  medicine

  books ref 1

  and healing ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  herbal ref 1, ref 2

  laws and ref 1, ref 2

  schools ref 1, ref 2

  surgical ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  system of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Mediterranean world ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  Megaliths ref 1

  Mela, Pomponius ref 1, ref 2

  Mercenaries ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8

  metals ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  Miach ref 1

  Mile Espain (Milesius) ref 1
, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  mirrors ref 1

  mistletoe ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Mithridates V, ‘The Great’ ref 1

  Monte Bibele ref 1

  Morann mac Cairbre ref 1

  Moravia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Morini ref 1

  Mousa Broch ref 1

  Muirchertaig ref 1

  Munster ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6

  mythology ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14 passim,

  creation myths ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  definition of ref 1

  sources of ref 1, ref 2 passim

  see also religion

  Namnetes ref 1, ref 2

  Nasc Niadh ref 1

  Nautae Parisiaci ref 1

  Negau, Lower Syria ref 1

  Nemain ref 1

  Nennius ref 1

  Nepos, Cornelius ref 1, ref 2

  Nervii ref 1

  Niall Noíghiallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Nuada ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Numantia ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  numbers ref 1

  oak trees ref 1, ref 2

  Obermenzing ref 1

  O’Brien family ref 1

  Oenghus Olmuchada of the Long Hand ref 1

  Ogam script ref 1, ref 2,ref 3

  Ogma ref 1, ref 2

  O’Lees, Book of ref 1

  Ollamhs ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Olwen ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Onomaris ref 1, ref 2

  oral tradition ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Orgetorix ref 1

  Ortagion ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Ovid ref 1, ref 2

  Ovingdean skull ref 1

  Owain ab Urien ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Parisii ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Patrick, Saint ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  Pausanias ref 1, ref 2

  Pelagius (c. AD 354) ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  Pergamum ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  philosophy ref 1, ref 2 passim, ref 1, ref 2

  Philostratus of Tyana ref 1

  Picts ref 1, ref 2

  Piggott, Professor Stuart ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  pigs ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4

  place names ref 1, ref 2

  Plebig ref 1

  Pliny the Elder ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11

  plough ref 1, ref 2

  Plutarch ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7

  Po valley ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17

  poetry ref 1, ref 2

  Polybius ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7