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Celts and Germans - Emerodius - 10-17-2010
Can anyone tell me some basic similarities and differences in the basic social structures of ancient celts and Ancient Germans?
Re: Celts and Germans - Matthew Amt - 10-17-2010
Ave!
There might be something here:
http://www.kelticos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1256
But I haven't read that whole thread carefully. It may be mostly physical culture. Tacitus might be the first place to start.
Vale,
Matthew
Re: Celts and Germans - Robert Vermaat - 10-19-2010
There weren't any. There were many. First, you need to define what you mean by 'Celts' and 'Germans', and that's a discussion that has been raging for centuries, and has still not been answered. We won't settle it here.
Therefore, this is not an answerable question. You would have Celts in Spain and Anatolia, who would differ much from Germans in Denmark. But you would have Celts in Bavaria, who differed little from Germans in Thuringia.
You are asking about cultural differences, which would vary from region to region, but those differences would be the same whether Celt or German. But when you define 'Celt' and 'German' as language groups instead of cultural groups, they might have no basic dissimilarities at all.
Re: Celts and Germans - Emerodius - 10-20-2010
Thanx for the replies