This episode I discuss the Celts and their involvement as mercenaries in the wars of the Mediterranean. I go over how the Celts fought with the Ptolemaic Pharaohs of Egypt and their eventual rebellion and suicide in the Nile. Celtic Mercenaries were also involved with the fighting between the Romans and Carthaginians in the First Punic War. I detail the rise of Carthage as well as their war with the Romans. One Celtic man named Autaritas, a mercenary under the employ of Carthage, rebelled along with other mercenaries because of a lack of pay. Join me in this episode to hear more about this

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Intro: Skye Cuillin by Kevin Macleod

Outro: Celtic Heart by Kira Daly

Primary Sources:

Callimachus, Hymn to Apollo

Polybius, Histories: Description of the treatment of prisoners by the rebels: Polybius, Histories; 1.80

Secondary Sources:

Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9

Ellis, Peter B.: The Celtic Empire, ISBN 978-0786709335

Goldsworthy, Adrian: The Fall of Carthage, ISBN 978-0-3043-6642-2

Green, Miranda J.: The Celtic World, ISBN: 0-415-05764-7

Hoyos, Dexter: Peoples of the Ancient World: The Carthaginians, ISBN 978-0-415-43644-1

This episode is a discussion on the extremities of Celtic Culture. The first half is a discussion of the Celts in Ukraine and how they affected the Bosporan Greeks in Ukraine and Moldova. The second half is a discussion of the Celitberians and the Celts in Iberia. There is also a discussion of the differences between the two. The migration period of Celtic History has also finished as of this episode.

Email: historyoftheceltspodcast@gmail.com

Website: hocpod.wordpress.com

X (Twitter): @histofthecelts

Intro: Skye Cuillin by Kevin Macleod

Outro: Celtic Heart by Kira Daly

Primary Sources:

Diodorus Siculus: Bibliotheka 5.33, 12.31

Herodotus: The Histories, 2.33.3 Description of the Celts’ homeland

Strabo: Geography 3.4.12

Secondary Sources:

Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9

Freeman, Philip: The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts. ISBN: 978-1-4165-8523-7

Lorrio Alberto J., Ruiz-Zapatero Gonzalo, ‘The Celts in Iberia: An Overview’, E-Keltoi, Volume 6 The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula.

Maier, Bernhard: The Celts: A History from Earliest Times to the Present. ISBN 978-1-4744-2620-3

Mozota, Francisco Burillo, ‘Celtiberians: Problems and Debates’, E-Keltoi, Volume 6: The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula.

Shchukin M. B., Tchebotarenko G. F., and Shcherbakova T. A., ‘Two Finds Belonging to La Tène and Roman Periods from the Moldavian Republic’, Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 12 (1993)

Shchukin M., ‘The Celts in Eastern Europe’, Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 14 (1995), 201–27;

Treister M. J., ‘The Celts in the North Pontic Area: A Reassessment’, Antiquity, 67 (1993), 789–804

This episode I interview the host of the Cambrian Chronicles YouTube channel. The Cambrian Chronicles YouTube Channel presents Welsh and Brythonic History so our conversation centers on the study of history generally. While less formal than the previous interview with Dr. Philip Freeman I hope this is as informative as the last interview.

Cambrian Chronicles YouTube Channel

Mad Dogs of Cambria

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This episode details the arrival of the Celts into Asia Minor and their transformation into the Galatians of biblical fame. While we are centuries away from Paul’s epistle to the Galatians it is important I outline how the Celtic people of central Anatolia made it there. I also outline the Gauls' initial movement into Galatia and eventual involvement with the Hellenistic Kings of Asia Minor.

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Email: historyoftheceltspodcast@gmail.com

Twitter (X): @histofthecelts

Primary Sources:

Justin, Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus. 25.1

Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 38.16

Memnon, History of Heracleia Ch. 11

Pausanias, Description of Greece. 15.15.3

Polybius, Histories. 4.46

Strabo, Geography. 12.15.1

Secondary Sources:

Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9

Freeman, Philip: The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts. ISBN: 978-1-4165-8523-7

Grainger, John: The Galatians: Celtic Invaders of Greece and Asia Minor ISBN; 978-1526770684

Maier, Bernhard: The Celts: A History from Earliest Times to the Present. ISBN 978-1-4744-2620-3

Rankin, David: The Celts and the Classical World. ISBN 0-415-15090-6

Images:

The Dying Gaul: Image from Wikippedia

The Ludovisi Gaul: Image from Wikipedia

Cavarus Coin from Tylis: cngcoins.com, Kings of Thrace, Celtic, Tylis, Cavarus

This episode I discuss the invasion of the Balkans by the Celts. Led by multiple leaders but most famously Brennus, the Gauls/Celts invaded Macedon and continued into Greece proper making it all the way to Delphi. From the accounts of our Classical authors, we see echoes of the Greek belief in the barbarity of the Celts. If you want to hear some of these accounts, then join me in this episode on the Celtic Invasion of Greece.

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Email: historyoftheceltspodcast@gmail.com

Twitter (X): @histofthecelts

Primary Sources:

Diodorus Siculus: Library of History, Book 22.9

Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 24.5-25.2

Pausanias: Description of Greece, Book 10.19-23

Secondary Sources:

Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9

Dizdar, Marko: Late La Tène Settlements in the Vinkovci Region (Eastern Slavonia, Croatia): Centres of Trade and Exchange. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv8d5tb6.7

Freeman, Philip: The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts. ISBN: 978-1-4165-8523-7

In this episode I go over the Celtic advance further into Italy. I go over their run-ins with both the Etruscans and the Romans. Finally, I focus on Livy’s account of the Celtic sack of Rome and the cementation of the Celts as the ultimate barbarians to the Romans for the centuries to come.

Primary Sources

Livy: History of Rome, Book 5 perseus.tufts.edu

Secondary Sources

Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9

This episode is on the initial settlement of the Celts in Italy as well as the reasons for the migration of the Celts out of the Celtic homeland. As always, I go over what our classical authors have to say about these events. I supplement this with what modern scholars have to say about the subject. This episode begins a series on the migration of the Celtic people and their interactions with the people they encroached upon.

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Email: historyoftheceltspodcast@gmail.com

Twitter (X): @histofthecelts

Primary Sources:

Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, 24.4 attalus.org

Livy: History of Rome, 5.34 perseus.tufts.edu

Pliny the Elder: Natural History perseus.tufts.edu

Secondary Sources:

Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9

Maier, Bernhard: The Celts: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present, ISBN: 978-1-4744-2720-3

Green, Miranda J.: The Celtic World, ISBN: 0-415-05764-7

This episode is a short investigation into the lives of two Kings of Macedon, Philip and Alexander. Without going into too much detail this will set up the following episodes on the Celtic migrations into the Mediterranean world. I spend much of the time discussing Philip’s reign as that is not talked about as often. I also go into some anecdotes related to the Celts and Alexander in the historical record, but this episode is not as focused on the Celts as they do not feature much in the stories of Philip and Alexander.

Email: ⁠historyofthecelts@gmail.com⁠

Twitter: ⁠@histofthecelts⁠

Website: ⁠hocpod.wordpress.com⁠

Primary sources:

Diodorus Siculus, Library of History Book 16.94

Strabo, Geography Book 7.3.8

Secondary Sources:

Adrian Goldsworthy, Philip and Alexander: Kings and Conquerors ISBN: 9781784978693

Barry Cunliffe, The Ancient Celts ISBN: 978–0–19–875292–9