How Did The Celts Move To Scotland

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The Celts In this essay I will describe who the Celts are, why they moved to Scotland and the impact they had on Scottish life many years ago and in Scottish Life today. I chose to do the Celts because I think they are very interesting and they link with other cultures such as the Romans. They have also left a lot of artefacts and history that needs to be shared. Where did the Celts come from? The Celts lived across most of Europe throughout the Iron Age. Several hundred years before Julius Caesar they occupied many parts of Central and Western Europe. Especially what are now Austria, Switzerland, Southern France and Spain. Over several years they spread outwards taking over France, Belgium and crossing over to Britain. So the Celts…show more content…
This was very important when they were defending themselves from their enemies they need very sharp objects such as spears, swords and knife as well as shields to defend when the times came. The Problems They Faced. The Romans were one of the biggest issues that the Celts faced. The Romans came from Rome in Italy, fighting other tribes gaining land across most of Europe. In AD 43 they came and invaded Britain. They came looking for land, slave and mostly iron, copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold. They took over most of the Celts land and built their own towns, villages and homes. They built strong forts liked to good road systems. Places like ports and harbours were very important, so that the Romans could bring in food, drink (wine and alcohol) and oils from abroad. There relationships was not always unfriendly, even though the two ways of life were very different the Celts started to copy some of the ways the Romans did things, they started to speak their language and they stared to live like them. The Celts started to speak Latin. In some cases the Romans and the Celts would marry each other, the sons and grandsons of those who fought against the Roman army even went and joined the Roman army. Did They Stay in
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