The Celts: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Cunliffe Barry

Author:Cunliffe, Barry [Cunliffe, Barry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

The region between the Seine–Marne and the Rhine was, according to Caesar, occupied by Belgae, who differed from the Celts. They were the toughest of all the inhabitants of Gaul, because they were furthest away from the enervating luxuries of the Mediterranean world and closest to the Germans, with whom they were constantly at war. Culturally, however, the southern part of the Belgic territory, as defined by Caesar, belonged to the La Tène cultural zone and is not easily distinguishable from that of the neighbouring Celts. Probably the simplest explanation is that the territory between the Seine and the Rhine shared a cultural gradient between Celtic La Tène and Germanic that was constantly being re-formed by tribal movements. At a level of simple generalization, it may be seen as a ‘Celtic’ territory undergoing progressive Germanization. At any event, Caesar, observing the situation first hand in the mid-first century BC, felt it necessary to differentiate the Belgae culturally and linguistically from the Celts.

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