Hi WWW
Firstly let's find out what I say about Ancient Gaul history..
Dava's ‘Hitchhiker's Guide’ to the Ancient Gauls (See bottom for Refs)
Back around 6000/7000 BC there was a land bridge between France and what would become England, the early French tribes moved across this bridge and started to colonize the Isles. (And a muddy land bridge.. kind of.. between Scotland and Ireland. See refs)
By 5000 BC there were tribes of proto-Gauls across the Isles, these were not a savage people.. They had a strategy of building huts on stilts over the lochs, it was a case that they could fish and even wash everyday, I watched a TV program on such a hut dated from around that time of 5000 BC .. it was remarkably modern, including a bridge to the hut, and a hole for washing in the loch. I can only imagine this was sourced from the French Gauls who first came over, due to their warmer climate. Of course there were other settlements in the north built of slate and stone, I had the good fortune to visit one many years ago, each ‘room’ was tiny, I can only guess that during that time it was very cold and this gave them good reason to build in such a way, Which makes sense as this was during the exit of an Ice Age (11000 - 7000 BC).
By 1500 BC the Gauls quite accidentally dominated Europe, the Gauls had formed familial dynasties, tough and rugged, they had faced greater danger than those of clement climate. They stuck to their own kind, and didn’t seek to invade other tribes, but the other tribes were jealous, while they died, the Gauls lived on (unbeknownst to them this was because of the harsher climate causing a slight improvement to the Gaul immune system, also the Gaul diet is mostly fish based, which is known to improve reactive cognitive response).
I will paint an imaginary picture, a fantasy tale, but with a point to illustrate:
Some would have you believe that the Gauls ran around constantly killing each other, while familial fighting did happen, it's nothing like was purported, or how then did the Gauls have a trade route to Galatia that all Gauls joined and shared in?.. the fighting of each other is a 99% myth.
Upon reaching a camp of other Gauls, there would be a levy to enter.. imagine something like a bowl and throw a few coins in to show respect, in exchange you are feeding those who are out guarding and hunting.
Gauls would recognise each other by their silver totem.. The Welsh had developed a way of purifying silver, making it possibly the best in the world at that time, Gauls would certainly be able to spot dodgy silver.
I have seen two documentaries on the Cymru, this was back in the late 90s early 2000s, they were fierce fighters and used pikes to take down horseback riders.. which in the middle east had them awestruck as they had never seen an unmounted force take down a mounted force. Add to this any knowledge of guerrilla warfare from the rest of the Gauls (esp. Irish and Scots).. made them an unstoppable force in the middle east.
The trade route to Galatia was much like a busman’s holiday, in exchange for accompanying and protecting the silver and bronze going to Galatia, when the group returned 2 years later, everyone got a share of the trade goods back home. It was not as hard as some would imagine.. Want some water? go to the highest mountain and find a stream.. want some food? go to a nearby lake and fish. These are skills the people were taught from birth so it was a second nature to them. The trade route was probably near such places and had been planned out so.. I'm not 100% on the geography but they seem like they were sensible enough to do this.
By 500 BC.. the tribe of Iberians in Italy had saw what the Gauls had accidently done and wanted it for themselves.
By 0 AD The Romans had conquered almost all of Europe and even into the middle east and central north far asia/east. One place still eluded them.. that was what would become known as Scotland.
The Picti were the Elite fighters of the Gauls, Picti means ‘painted faces’ they.. I imagine.. were bred as such and from birth taught to fight, so when a garrison of around 10,000 roman soldiers came up against the elite Gaul Picts (I’ll give a hitchhiker's guess of around 3000) and.. the Gauls won. The Romans were shocked to say the least. But they didn’t give up.. and neither did the Picts, tactics like 1 man hiding in a tree jumps down and kills 10 of them before they can kill him. It’s simple maths :D.. They Romans had no way to counter such tactics and soon gave up.
40–90 AD .. Saint Paul knew about the Galatians and wrote them a special letter on the then new Faith, his instructions can tell us a lot about what life was like in the colony.
St. Paul mentions his travels.. we can infer that, being well travelled amongst the Gauls was a thing of great respect.
The Gauls were uncircumcised, and St. Paul had told them to remain so.. but a person had said this was unlawful and some Gauls had listened to them. St. Paul reiterates what he told them while he was with them, that he was sent to the Gentiles and Peter to the Jews.
Many times St. Paul calls them brothers and sisters.. we can infer from this, it is not only a christian brother/sisterhood that is being drawn attention to.. but the important dynastic family Gaul heritage of ‘family’ whenever Saint Paul appeals to them he appeals to them as family.
When St. Paul first visited he was seemly ill, the Gauls there looked after him and were kindly to him, that they did not speak harshly to him despite his illness.
I hope you enjoyed my Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Ancient Gauls :)
peace
Dava
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Note there is one rebuilt on Loch Tay. see image.
Radiocarbon dating is very random and not an exact science, this was updated some years later to indicate that times could be off by as much as 2000 years, however I personally prefer the timeframe of 5000BC as this ties in with my biblical beliefs about the Flood and documentaries I have watched dating the Flood to around 7200BC. See below for the Doggerland flooding.
The Ancient Gauls trading outpost to the middle east.
Second map: Maeotians - Wikipedia
I watched a documentary iirc in 2006 on BBC4 about Galatia and Gauls in that area and a little in the middle east.
The Cymmerians, it was long held by scholars that these were the Welsh in the middle east. Many arguments over the origins of this people as the origin is very unclear.
I watched a documentary iirc 1999 on the discovery channel about the Welsh in the middle east, and that is meant ‘strangers’.
Here’s a Map.. I did. yes I did this myself. I’m admitting to you that I was the source of this map. no it’s not a mistake I am aware that I am sharing with you.. that I made this map.
Timeframe is from around 1500BC to 500BC.
Here’s what others say:
Carthaginian Spain around 550BC prior to roman conquest.
credit goes to Ale Irez's answer to What is the coherence of Spain claiming Gibraltar and not willing to yield Ceuta and Melilla?
legit? yes.
Galatia:
Credit: Lars Hauke
Hey Dava.. are you just making stuff up about Northern Italy and Romania being part Gaul?
See for yourself:
North Italy
Romania:
Map of Ancient Gaul (not done by me)
credit to 'This is Barris! - French History'
See his video here:
Okay.. I suppose.. but how could the Ancient Gaul French cross over to the Isles..?
In 11000BC, Doggerland
and that the Dover Strait wasn’t like it is now. you could walk from continental Europe to the Isles.
Hey I just noticed.. why do you never call these people Celts?
Oh.. I watched a propaganda BBC programme about how the English Druids were ‘Celts’ and so the original inhabitants of these islands and rightful ruler..
It put me right off identifying as such, kinda sickens me. I prefer Gaul now, includes many others.
Oh and btw the person who wrote that programme on the druids was woefully educated.. the Druids were a separate tribe, the mix between the English and Welsh. They were most successful after the romans had left, for around 200 years.
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Original Version:
Hi B*** (the original person I wrote this for:) )
I noticed you have an interest in Gael ancient culture.. if you’ll allow me some of your time, let me write you a ‘hitchhiker's guide’ to the Ancient Gaels.
Back around 6000/7000 BC there was a land bridge between France and what would become England, the early French tribes moved across this bridge and started to colonize the Isles.
By 5000 BC there were tribes of proto-Gaels across the Isles, these were not a savage people.. They had a strategy of building huts on stilts over the lochs, it was a case that they could fish and even wash everyday, I watched a TV program on such a hut dated from around that time of 5000 BC .. it was remarkably modern, including a bridge to the hut, and a hole for washing in the loch. I can only imagine this was sourced from the French Gaels who first came over, due to their warmer climate. Of course there were other settlements in the north built of slate and stone, I had the good fortune to visit one many years ago, each ‘room’ was tiny, I can only guess that during that time it was very cold and this gave them good reason to build in such a way, Which makes sense as this was during the exit of an Ice Age (11000 - 7000 BC).
By 1500 BC the Gaels quite accidentally dominated Europe, the Gaels had formed familial dynasties, tough and rugged, they had faced greater danger than those of clement climate. They stuck to their own kind, and didn’t seek to invade other tribes, but the other tribes were jealous, while they died, the Gaels lived on (unbeknownst to them this was because of the harsher climate causing a slight improvement to the Gael immune system, also the Gael diet is mostly fish based, which is known to improve reactive cognitive response).
I will paint an imaginary picture, a fantasy tale, but with a point to illustrate:
Some would have you believe that the Gaels ran around constantly killing each other, while familial fighting did happen, it's nothing like was purported, or how then did the Gaels have a trade route to Galatia that all Gaels joined and shared in?.. the fighting of each other is a 99% myth.
Upon reaching a camp of other Gaels, there would be a levy to enter.. imagine something like a bowl and throw a few coins in to show respect, in exchange you are feeding those who are out guarding and hunting.
Gaels would recognise each other by their silver totem.. The Welsh had developed a way of purifying silver, making it possibly the best in the world at that time, Gaels would certainly be able to spot dodgy silver.
I have seen two documentaries on the Cymru, this was back in the late 90s early 2000s, they were fierce fighters and used pikes to take down horseback riders.. which in the middle east had them gobsmacked as they had never seen an unmounted force take down a mounted force. Add to this any knowledge of guerrilla warfare from the rest of the Gaels (esp. Irish and Scots).. made them an unstoppable force in the middle east.
The trade route to Galatia was much like a busman’s holiday, in exchange for accompanying and protecting the silver and bronze going to Galatia, when the group returned 2 years later, everyone got a share of the trade goods back home. It was not as hard as some would imagine.. Want some water? go to the highest mountain and find a stream.. want some food? go to a nearby lake and fish. These are skills the people were taught from birth so it was a second nature to them. The trade route was probably near such places and had been planned out so.. I'm not 100% on the geography but they seem like they were sensible enough to do this.
By 500 BC.. the tribe of Iberians in Italy had saw what the Gaels had accidently done and wanted it for themselves.
By 0 AD The Romans had conquered almost all of Europe and even into the middle east and central north far asia/east. One place still eluded them.. that was what would become known as Scotland.
The Picti were the Elite fighters of the Gaels, Picti means ‘painted faces’ they.. I imagine.. were bred as such and from birth taught to fight, so when a garrison of around 10,000 roman soldiers came up against the elite Gael Picts (I’ll give a hitchhiker's guess of around 3000) and.. the Gaels won. The Romans were shocked to say the least. But they didn’t give up.. and neither did the Picts, tactics like 1 man hiding in a tree jumps down and kills 10 of them before they can kill him. It’s simple maths :D.. They Romans had no way to counter such tactics and soon gave up.
40–90 AD .. Saint Paul knew about the Galatians and wrote them a special letter on the then new Faith, his instructions can tell us a lot about what life was like in the colony.
St. Paul mentions his travels.. we can infer that, being well travelled amongst the Gaels was a thing of great respect.
The Gaels were uncircumcised, and St. Paul had told them to remain so.. but a person had this was unlawful and some Gaels had listened to them. St. Paul reiterates what he told them while he was with them, that he was sent to the Gentiles and Peter to the Jews.
Many times St. Paul calls them brothers and sisters.. we can infer from this, it is not only a christian brother/sisterhood that is being drawn attention to.. but the important dynastic family Gael heritage of ‘family’ whenever Saint Paul appeals to them he appeals to them as family.
When St. Paul first visited he was seemly ill, the Gaels there looked after him and were kindly to him, that they did not speak harshly to him despite his illness.
I hope you enjoyed my Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Ancient Gaels :)
peace
Dava
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crannog
Note there is one rebuilt on Loch Tay. see image.
Radiocarbon dating is very random and not an exact science, this was updated some years later to indicate that times could be off by as much as 2000 years, however I personally prefer the timeframe of 5000BC as this ties in with my biblical beliefs about the Flood and documentaries I have watched dating the Flood to around 7200BC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatia
The Ancient Gaels a.k.a Gauls trading outpost to the middle east.
Second map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeotians#/media/File:Roman_Empire_125.png
I watched a documentary iirc in 2006 on BBC4 about Galatia and Gauls in that area and a little in the middle east.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimmerians
The Cymmerians, it was long held by scholars that these were the Welsh in the middle east. Many arguments over the origins of this people as the origin is very unclear.
I watched a documentary iirc 1999 on the discovery channel about the Welsh in the middle east.
