Ancient Celtic warfare refers to the historical methods of warfare employed by various Celtic people and tribes from Classical antiquity through the Migration period. Unlike modern military systems, Celtic groups did not have a standardized regular military. Instead, their organization varied depending on clan groupings and social class within ...

2021年2月7日 · Irish mythology, the most well-preserved form of Celtic mythology, is brimming with swords, spears, shields, and other weapons that have served Irish heroes and gods (and monsters) both well and not so well on the battlefield.

2024年12月26日 · Inspired by these traditional weapons, our modern Celtic axes combine historical design with contemporary craftsmanship. The introduction of the heavy Norse-Gaelic Gallowglass mercenaries brought Longswords, similar to the Scottish claymore.

2022年9月5日 · Archeologists found several weapons and armors that dated back to the Celtic era, like swords, spears, shields, and knives. Here is a list of the top 10 weapons and battle gears that the Celts used. Celtic Sword and Scabbard

In the Tales, a giant or an unusually strong and mighty champion, is sometimes represented as armed with a mace. There can be no doubt that the mace was used: for in the National Museum in Dublin there are several specimens of bronze mace-heads with projecting spikes.

2013年12月16日 · These were the weapons par excellence for most of Celtic history. Their second favorite weapon was a sword. At least in early times, the Celtic sword probably would have been smaller than the broadswords we think of from the Middle Ages. It was likely more like the Roman short swords. As time went on, swords got longer and heavier.

Gaelic warfare was the type of warfare practiced by the Gaelic peoples (the Irish, Scottish, and Manx), in the pre-modern period. Irish warfare was for centuries centered on the Ceithearn, or Kern in English (and so pronounced in Gaelic), light skirmishing infantry who harried the enemy with missiles before charging.

The main sources of evidence about ancient Celtic arms and armour come from archaeological finds, Greek and Roman literary accounts, and art depicting Celtic warriors. The main Celtic weapons would have been a sword, usually fastened on the right side and a spear.

Ancient Celtic Weapons. The warrior Celts (c.600BC—AD50) were famed for their ferociousness and tenacity in battle, and even received grudging respect from their Roman adversaries. The early Celts fought mainly on foot (later in chariots and on horseback), and relied heavily on the awesome psychological and physical impact of a massed charge ...

Celtic spears were well known in the ancient world and there were four terms to denote these weapons; lancea, mataris, saunion and gaesum, although they probably only had two main functions, a throwing weapon and a thrusting weapon.