Neil Oliver is like a smooth Scottish whiskey poured into my ears. I am going to play this as I go to sleep, it is like a natural history lullaby for the insomniac.
The older I get the more I appreciate history the lessons the stories. Will cause you to reflect on how we live and die today some people are blind to history they're doomed to repeat history.
This is one of the best videos I've ever and I mean ever saw about the Celtic roots. Thank you for not forgetting the Lusitanian Celts of PORTUGAL. Love the production Value.
Neil Oliver is a conspiracy theorist. He Said covid may of came from a lab and that people got harmed from the covid vaccine. And dared to say that vaccines don't stop the spread..evil 🤔🤣🤣 kidding
I really appreciate having this documentary series to view on TH-cam. Watching this Celtic history series helps me understand my ancestry. A medical diagnosis from numerous tests, body scan, I inherited a rare bone disease known only of those of British ancestry. This gives me more questions than answers about who, what, where this rare bone disease is found when ancient graves are dug up.
May I ask which bone disease? I’ve been diagnosed w/ Paget’s disease of the bone. It started showing in my teen yrs. I’m almost 50 now & it hasn’t been fun
Just got my ancestry results in, and was surprised at the very large amount of celtic ancestry in my DNA. Watching this documentary with a new appreciation. I loved celtic history before, but knowing what I know now, this takes on a whole new meaning to me.
Which DNA test offers that?? Mine tells me that I am more than 60% British and Irish, and the areas where (which is the oral history passed down from family anyway, so not much surprising), my percentage of Eastern European (finally getting specific areas), etc. But doesn’t go far back enough to tribal. I’d love to know that!
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We have visited the site of very ancient and prosperous cultures, and this narration is absolutely astonishing and informative, thanks.
Thank you, very enjoyable instruction. Here in the US we are taught little of history and then it's nothing but lies. This helps us know the world better. Also, beautiful voices. I wish more Irish would come to the US.
Well, we won the wars so we can say what we want about it, I guess. (Unless you're talking about Afghanistan.) It is true, in high school I had pretty bad history teachers. They always focus on dates, (memorize date Hungarian archduke assassinated,) because those tests are easier to grade. Then I had a teacher who had us play game of Risk and read ``One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich.'' Actually, that was a pretty good intro to Russian gulag system (inspired me to read ``the Gulag Archipelago'' on my own and a way to understand why wars are fought. And that sums up my two years of world history classes in the US. And of course we have American history, government, and social studies. I think in there we learned about the caste system in India. I have read many, many history books in my adult life, though. In college, I took an American Indian in Literature class and stuff like that, too. So where was I lied to?
Neil Oliver slays me. Ever watch Coast? Every time they go north of the Scottish border, he goes all giddy. Love it. Bless him, such a wee daftie for Scotland
I HAVE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF BBC FOR THE LONGEST TIME. BBC DOES THE MOST AMAZING DOCUMENTARIES. MY GOODNESS THEY KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING. THIS IS ABSOLUTELLY AN AMAZING WORK.
There’s nothing like good English documentaries. They make me think about all the nice ones I have seen in my youth. In those days one could actually learn something from watching tv. Nowadays there’s mostly crap on. Thanks so much for uploading this seen I’m not from the UK I ‘d otherwise would not have been able to watch this.
Overwhelmed with information; I love this. The architecture, the art...just wow! I learned much today. Oliver and Roberts, are an amazing team of information. I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. I can't wait to see part 2, and learn more of my ancestors. :)
Greetings from Turkey. Celts migrated to Anatolia in 278 BC and established a kingdom in Central Anatolia. Although the Celts preserved their language and culture for a long time, after a certain time they took Greek names and most of them became Greek. This situation continued until the 1000s AD. A French traveler who came to Anatolia during the Battle of Manzikert noticed that there was a tribe similar to them in Central Anatolia and wrote to the sources. In other words, although the majority of the Celts became Greek, they preserved a certain part of their culture. When the Turks came to Anatolia, this people is not mentioned at all. They probably became Muslims and became Turkish. The last place where the Celts settled in Anatolia is the city of Yozgat in Turkey. Among the Turks in Turkey, there are 3 regions with the most blond hair: 1) Thrace (Balkan) region 2) East Black Sea region 3) the city of Yozgat The reason why blond hair is common among Yozgat Turks is related to the Celts. In addition, this city has the highest rate of red hair in Turkey. So the Celts didn't go anywhere and they still live in Anatolia. It is said that 15% of the people in Turkey are Celtic.
In ancient times, Hundreds of years before the dawn of history Lived a strange race of people, the Druids No one knows who they were or what they were doing But their legacy remains Hewn into the living rock, of Stonehenge
The romans made sure they destroyed all things celts.we dont have much left.just questions .in the north western province of France where i hail from all towns still existing today had celtic names that had been changed to latin names.yes the romans were very thorough.
I was lucky enough once to purchase a small collection of Roman finger rings, but the pride of place in my small collection is an undeniable Celtic ring. Once cleaned, it showed mythical animals around the outside, meeting in two heads of dragons or whatever in the middle where a gem would have been, but is sadly missing now. The ring is a thing of pure beauty, small as it is, and definitely my most wonderful ancient artefact in my posession. It is not actually very valuable, but priceless to me because of its wonderful Celtic beauty.
Such a wonderful documentary. looking forward to the next installments. Thank you so much for this. Neil is my favorite face of celtic documentaries, the addition of never before known to me Alice Roberts is a big plus. Intelligent, engaging, curious, as well as down right as pleasing on the ears and eyes as Neil Oliver himself. Moar of these two please!
Alice Roberts is such a beautiful young woman with a lovely soft, English voice - and Neil Oliver is your typical Scot, in looks and unforgettable accent. What a brilliant team !
I am from the Celtic Tribe of the Nervii(the word nervous comes from my tribe and I am nervous when I have to fight but I am really much braver then the North-Africans, they know we are ) in Belgica. The bravest Celts of the Celts according Julius Caesar. It saved me a lot of times when fighting against North Africans in Brussels(44 times). North of Brussels, Flemish-Brabant. I can tell stories en show locations from the time of Julius Caesar. The marks and roads from that period are still here.
Celts lived south of the Alps too, I'm from a city called Torino, it was called Augusta Taurinorum during Roman times, my region Piedmont was called gallia cisalpina (in Italian, forgot how they called it in Latin), or the Gaul on this side of the Alps. When the Romans conquered Piedmont they incorporated the religious beliefs of the local celts into their own. The local celtic tribes worshipped the bull. The Romans named my city, Augusta Taurinorum or the city of the bulls, temples had bulls alongside Roman deities. To this day the symbol of the city is the bull, the football team I support is called Toro (bull in Italian). It's a proof that the Romans not always destroyed celtic traditions, but in many cases incorporated them into their own. Mind that this area was conquered before Gaul, before Julius Cesar, yet more than 2000 years later the signs of the ancient celtic tribes are still here, in the symbols, in the name of the city, even the modern name Torino, from Toro (bull).
This documentary is fascinating, but it has also impressed upon me how uncertain life must have been in those times. Marauding bands of armed men appearing on the horizon to take your land and possibly kill you must have been terrifying!
@ 54:04 Neil Oliver says the Celts burnt the "imperial" city to the ground. This is a misnomer because Rome at the time was still a republic. Imperial Rome did not begin until 363 years later on 27 BC with the reign of Augustus.
city of Rome bcame an mpire tha momnt it conquerd aLL othr kingdoms and reaLms through-out tha mdtrranean , this they dd Long bfor Octavian was born , it was aLready an mpire by 27 BC , word mperor means he who mfaticLy givs ordrs m-fe-orator , and or dic-ta-orator he who speaks ordrs . these words ddnt hav tha same contxtuaL and LiteraL meaning they hav today . it would've bn easier for Brton CLtc GaLic ppL to burn buiLdngs in Rome whn it was mostLy made of wood , untiL tha day Romans buiLt wth briks and mortar , marbL . ItaLy wouLd not b invaded by a forrgn powr untiL tha days of HanibaL and mor than 400 yrs Later arrivaL of Goths
As we have tall, redheaded, strong women in my family, and originated in Britain, I like to imagine sometimes that we are descended from Boudicca's tribal people. What a worthy role model!
Could it be? books.google.com/books?id=Y91ZHuZLCyAC&pg=PA271&dq=the+black+race+of+early+Ireland&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizxsGf25nLAhVEGx4KHQdYA0IQ6AEINDAE#v=onepage&q=the%20black%20race%20of%20early%20Ireland&f=false
+ Rainy Day And I too have tall, redheaded, strong women with hazel or greenish/blueish eyes in my family and I know many others who are not related to me and I am from Kazakhstan :). And the name Boudicca sounds like Kazakh name Batiqa. Maybe Boudicca was related to Scythian Queens Tomyris and Zarina who were heads of their nations and actually fought in the battles.
Makes complete sense when you look at the Romans dealing the final blow to the druids in Wales. The Celts would travel to Wales and Ireland for spiritual and cultural guidance from the druid classes.
Allegedly. Proof, we need Proof. Not reimagined new-age faux druidic allegations. There's no known Written Proof of any druidic rituals or culture. The Romans, like most invaders, went after the Druids as a way of taming the populace.
_The Dying Gaul_ is a Roman copy of a Greek work. In Greek art male nudity symbolizes the highest heroism and divinity. The distinctive hairstyle, the moustache and torque, all iconic badges of Celtic identity, are accurately depicted by a sensitive and respectful artist. That's no mere "naked savage," as Neil suggests, but the embodiment of warlike virtues for a Graeco-Roman viewer to aspire to, and what still evokes emotions today in this timeless masterpiece.
Neil Oliver in truth didn't suggest that it was a mere naked savage he was voicing the Roman view of the Celts. And who cares if it was of Greek origin Rome borrowed heavily from Greek culture and as a result was influenced by the same.
I am Mexican,but a large part of my family look irish,red or blonde hair with colored eyes..My sister's are really white one with blonde hair and one with fire red hair and green eyes.Two of my daughters look white,one has green eyes,the other is really pale white with blonde hair.Kids at her school thought she was white.I never understood why my family looked this way when we are Mexicans.Some people in my family look more irish then some of the people from Ireland that ive seen.My dad didn't look Mexican he was pale with freckles and a red beard.My grandfather looked the same but with green eyes.So i guess we got our looks from the Celts in Spain.I always wondered why we looked this way,but watching these types of documentaries has helped me find the clues.Thanks!
Melanin. Gene which controls melanin production can be on/off. Melanin protects from sunlight thus protecting from skin cancer. Less light exposure or Cold temperature --> Low Melanin --> White Skin. Disadvantage-> Skin cancers. Advantage--> More Vitamin D --> More Calcium absorption. Black people have least skin cancer Vs whites which are susceptible to skin cancers due to high exposure to sunlight. If white people start staying in Africa for thousands of years, they will all start looking completely different breed.
+ TheKalico23 If you are a Native Mexican then your ancestors came from Central Asia (it was genetically proven). There are a lot of red and light colour haired Central Asians with blueish/greenish/greyish eyes every where in Central Asia (Afgans, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Altais, Uzbeks, Turkmens, Tajiiks and many others). Actually, I have a few relatives with such features.
Love this doc. And I love Neil's Scottish accent! My family is Scots/Irish/English. One thing I notice about docs relating to Romans is how arrogant they were.
The celts were on places with the "gal" particles on their name: Portugal, Galicia, Spain, Gales (Wales), The Gaelic speakers, Galos, (gaules), Galatasaray (Turkey). And others....
It's a druid prefix attached to titled names they had schools all over Europe . The book Celtic reader states that a druid priest originated from Canaan the word Druze, gives us a clue the slang word yid gives us a clue that it's a Semitic origin. The name goal or gaul originating from Golan the high place of bael worship . Robert scrutton was another source of information. Some surnames today appear to have Semitic roots in their make up.
Wonderful Documentary and everyone loves it as this Earth we inhabit is about to turn into a Powder Keg. We are living in the very end of Day's and we could all go anytime now. I wait for our Messiah's return, can barely wait. I pray you're all believers.
one thing I heard and I am not sure if I gt it right, but the time frame would put the celts arrival in italy close to when the 'sea people' were creating havoc in egypt and what is now iraque?? possibly their second stop?... the bohannan blood in me is quite curious...
awesome thank you so much for this, for those interest in The Celts and can get to London there is currently an expo on The Celts at The British Museum
It was removed a few years ago but im glad I watched it before that happened, but it was A History of Celtic Britain which was the 2nd part of the A History Of series, the first being A History of Ancient Britain which spans from the last Ice Age to the Bronze Age. That at least is still available on TH-cam. This is a nice consolation prize for those videos being removed.
I hate how we talk about them as if they’re gone. Modern people are their descendants. Very few to none are ever “wiped out”. They just change culture whether language, religion, etc over time but genes survive.
Neil Oliver could read the Apple Privacy Document and it would sound fascinating. I miss him on COAST. The new guy is good, too, but it's just not the same without Neil's brogue and excited charm.
+Stefania Czech well alot of Spanish and Portuguese from the north, are descendent from them, you can even see some diferences between them from the north in culture and way of life, compared to the south.
You see it in the place names like Galicia.... Gaule, Wales etc. Celt comes from a Greek word describing these peoples, and is not their own name for themselves.
The Celtic afterlife reminds me of the Egyptians by the way they carry luxuries to their deaths. That's probably one of the many cultures that inspired Celtic culture.
Robert scrutton book the other Atlantis claimed that the land now called Britain was a prison colony for the ancient fresia people mentioned in their ancient scrolls where criminals and genetically deformed like tall giant's that the first cymri people's encountered and killed .
Bryson, there's a wee little town called 'Knockcrockery' in the West of Ireland where they will personalize anything you wish however it is very costly, all done in Ogham and on parchment. ☘
The Dying Gaul is actually an roman copy of an hellenistic statue. Here is what Wikipedia say: " The Dying Gaul, also called The Dying Galatian[1] (in Italian: Galata Morente) or The Dying Gladiator, is an Ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. It is a copy of a now lost sculpture from the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC) thought to have been made in bronze.[2] The original may have been commissioned at some time between 230 and 220 BC by Attalus I of Pergamon to celebrate his victory over the Galatians, the Celtic or Gaulish people of parts of Anatolia (modern Turkey). The original sculptor is believed to have been Epigonus, a court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon".
The thing that always bothers me about these documentaries is the costumes of the actors playing the "Celts". They invariably wear brown rags and leather armor and are covered in filth aka the generic "barbarian". How hard would it be to contact a reenactment group to get an accurate representation?
We automatically assume that anything non-Greco Roman, Egyptian, or Chinese are too primitive to be civilized. So findings are always "shocking" How we view other cultures is based on Roman propaganda too and we never really broke away from that default assumption I feel like
We can tell from the exquisite jewelry they left behind that personal appearance was important to the Celts. I think, from the early texts, however, that they fought naked with nothing but paint. This made great sense because any bits of clothing pushed into wounds tended to promote infection. Ancient peoples were well aware of this. They also did not wear tartans or kilts.
AngryVeteran85 Yes, we are always displayed as a tribe of filthy, ignorant, superstitious, savage, Neanderthal-type (even they have been misrepresented)
My only negative feedback is the lack of quality in the subtitles. Whomever was providing the subtitle service needs to develop their ear quite a bit more.
"Vi Victus" ... now thats a boss move. I sit here watching this, as a Celt, born and raised in Scotland, with family living in Rome ... it makes this all the more surreal.
'N'Ya-Celt, 'N'Ya-Gael, 'N'Ya-Galliacht: ALL one culture: And I but one scion thereof; as are various of my pan-European Bretheren. ... Kind and Respectful Regards, and warm Greetings to you both, Neil and Alice; my (now-distant) Cousin(e)s, Uyraell, NZ.
Besides of audio books I enjoy videos like this to learn about early European history. The only disagreement I have about the commentary is to call the Romans modern in contrast to the Celts. From a women's rights view point the Romans were patriarchal and backwards. Celtic women had al lot more rights than Roman women. For example there were celtic women warriors, druids, seers and queens. Women were allowed to have an education, own property, have a profession and choose their lovers.
Excavations done in Iceland of ancient graves, DNA samples analysis showed the women/wives came from Scotland or Northern Ireland - only. Should it be a surprise to know those men selected those women to be their wives? Those women had been trained to use a spear & a shield, to fight to protect their family. Notice the places where the Roman armies failed.
Please. What a faggy comment. The achievements of the Romans are of world-historical signifiance. There’s simply no comparison. The Romans weren’t stinking modern feminists? Good!
So cool how the evidence of the upper body muscles on the skeleton being more prevalent than the lower body muscles can be explained by the evidence in the mines. So freaking cool
I'm still amoused, hearing my people talking english. Its really needs a melodic touch... Sounding too much analytic and "cold" But Austrians are a friendly folk. Worth to visit.
Finally a documentary that does not just ramble on about the "barbarism" and how they were crushed by the roman empire and later by the Saxons complexly ignoring literally hundreds of years of war between the Celts and various different factions and ignoring the incredible impact that the ancient Celts had on the world. Even by the admissions of the romans the Gaul's of what is now France where the "greatest enemy Rome ever faced" and the that it was the Celts who had actually sacked Rome around a hundred-ish years before that conveniently left out of the story by most historians. It was only bey the military genius of Julius Caesar that the Gaul's were defeated.
+grom72 You're welcome! Still processing the subtitles, as some of these words are as dramatical as some of the scenes of this episode. Not mentioning the synchronisation of all the phrases, even leaving alone the fact that I'm Flemish
The idea of the Celtic Warrior as a naked savage is largely propaganda. The Celtic warrior class was like an early version of the feudal knight; armored mounted warriors. Romans adopted their equipment and the flexible fighting style of their foot soldiers. Prior to this the Romans fought more like Greeks.
The statue of the naked barbarian Kelt? Yes, normally he would fully dressed in war regalia. But the Romans sculpted this man through their own social paradigm..... It was his ex-wife that kilt 'em.
He has his sword and necklace and whatnot, a beautiful statue of a noble dying man, what exactly this propaganda propagates. Many Roman statues are naked, bronze of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus, Hercules, Dionysos and so on
Sure it wasnt always the case but Celts would sometimes remove clothing/armor as a sign of fearlessness. Like a old school fuck you, im not scared of you mentality.
@@christinehope6317 Her eyes are asymmetrical as well as heavy lidded. Makes them look like a very relaxed smirk that's calm and humorous. Could also appear like post coital happy sleepiness. so beautiful for those reasons.
John Koch is quite alone among linguists in his claim that SW Iberian inscriptions from early IA are of a Celtic language (it seems to be a non IE language isolate)
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Neil Oliver is like a smooth Scottish whiskey poured into my ears. I am going to play this as I go to sleep, it is like a natural history lullaby for the insomniac.
Jayson Mallari I’m glad i’m not the only one that also like to listen as I go to sleep
I do the same
same dude, these kind of documentaries and time team are my go to's
This comment is some copy pasted bs.
I'll take a smooth nightcap of 'em before bed! He's fine!
It's amazing how passionate these people are when talking about the archaeological artifacts they show. It's contagious!
The older I get the more I appreciate history the lessons the stories. Will cause you to reflect on how we live and die today some people are blind to history they're doomed to repeat history.
This is one of the best videos I've ever and I mean ever saw about the Celtic roots. Thank you for not forgetting the Lusitanian Celts of PORTUGAL. Love the production Value.
Well this was pirated from the BBC. They can make TV programmes.
Neil Oliver is a conspiracy theorist. He Said covid may of came from a lab and that people got harmed from the covid vaccine. And dared to say that vaccines don't stop the spread..evil 🤔🤣🤣 kidding
I really appreciate having this documentary series to view on TH-cam. Watching this Celtic history series helps me understand my ancestry. A medical diagnosis from numerous tests, body scan, I inherited a rare bone disease known only of those of British ancestry. This gives me more questions than answers about who, what, where this rare bone disease is found when ancient graves are dug up.
May I ask which bone disease? I’ve been diagnosed w/ Paget’s disease of the bone. It started showing in my teen yrs. I’m almost 50 now & it hasn’t been fun
Just got my ancestry results in, and was surprised at the very large amount of celtic ancestry in my DNA. Watching this documentary with a new appreciation. I loved celtic history before, but knowing what I know now, this takes on a whole new meaning to me.
Celtic? Do you mean Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Cornish, Breton?
Which DNA test offers that?? Mine tells me that I am more than 60% British and Irish, and the areas where (which is the oral history passed down from family anyway, so not much surprising), my percentage of Eastern European (finally getting specific areas), etc. But doesn’t go far back enough to tribal. I’d love to know that!
We have visited the site of very ancient and prosperous cultures, and this narration is absolutely astonishing and informative, thanks.
Thank you, very enjoyable instruction. Here in the US we are taught little of history and then it's nothing but lies. This helps us know the world better. Also, beautiful voices. I wish more Irish would come to the US.
Well, we won the wars so we can say what we want about it, I guess. (Unless you're talking about Afghanistan.) It is true, in high school I had pretty bad history teachers. They always focus on dates, (memorize date Hungarian archduke assassinated,) because those tests are easier to grade. Then I had a teacher who had us play game of Risk and read ``One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich.'' Actually, that was a pretty good intro to Russian gulag system (inspired me to read ``the Gulag Archipelago'' on my own and a way to understand why wars are fought. And that sums up my two years of world history classes in the US. And of course we have American history, government, and social studies. I think in there we learned about the caste system in India. I have read many, many history books in my adult life, though. In college, I took an American Indian in Literature class and stuff like that, too. So where was I lied to?
Lol, they wouldn't have liked you in late 19th century New York
@@Thornspyre81 The NO IRISH employment lockout?
Neil Oliver slays me. Ever watch Coast? Every time they go north of the Scottish border, he goes all giddy. Love it. Bless him, such a wee daftie for Scotland
Aw a wee daftie is good then? I'm going to call my husband a wee daftie today I wonder what he will first think...
I could listen to Neil Oliver talk all day...Thank you for uploading this!!!
I see you ladies really have the hots for Neil =)
I HAVE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF BBC FOR THE LONGEST TIME. BBC DOES THE MOST AMAZING DOCUMENTARIES. MY GOODNESS THEY KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING. THIS IS ABSOLUTELLY AN AMAZING WORK.
There’s nothing like good English documentaries. They make me think about all the nice ones I have seen in my youth. In those days one could actually learn something from watching tv. Nowadays there’s mostly crap on. Thanks so much for uploading this seen I’m not from the UK I ‘d otherwise would not have been able to watch this.
Overwhelmed with information; I love this. The architecture, the art...just wow!
I learned much today. Oliver and Roberts, are an amazing team of information. I thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. I can't wait to see part 2, and learn more of my ancestors. :)
Me,too !!!!!
I've always wanted to know about the Celts. Thanks to you both you have achieved this
Greetings from Turkey. Celts migrated to Anatolia in 278 BC and established a kingdom in Central Anatolia. Although the Celts preserved their language and culture for a long time, after a certain time they took Greek names and most of them became Greek. This situation continued until the 1000s AD. A French traveler who came to Anatolia during the Battle of Manzikert noticed that there was a tribe similar to them in Central Anatolia and wrote to the sources. In other words, although the majority of the Celts became Greek, they preserved a certain part of their culture. When the Turks came to Anatolia, this people is not mentioned at all. They probably became Muslims and became Turkish.
The last place where the Celts settled in Anatolia is the city of Yozgat in Turkey. Among the Turks in Turkey, there are 3 regions with the most blond hair: 1) Thrace (Balkan) region 2) East Black Sea region 3) the city of Yozgat The reason why blond hair is common among Yozgat Turks is related to the Celts. In addition, this city has the highest rate of red hair in Turkey. So the Celts didn't go anywhere and they still live in Anatolia. It is said that 15% of the people in Turkey are Celtic.
I wouldn't go so far to say 15% of turkey is Celtic. Rather it's to say 15% has Celtic blood. All vestiges of purity died out.
My family came from galica an we are proud of our celtic roots
In ancient times,
Hundreds of years before the dawn of history
Lived a strange race of people, the Druids
No one knows who they were or what they were doing
But their legacy remains
Hewn into the living rock, of Stonehenge
The romans made sure they destroyed all things celts.we dont have much left.just questions .in the north western province of France where i hail from all towns still existing today had celtic names that had been changed to latin names.yes the romans were very thorough.
At one time we were all one.
I'd sure like to go back to that mystic land
I had never heard of "Hallstatt" or the "Hallstatt Celtic period", fascinating!
Netflix has a dramatic series about this.
Ash Garcia what’s it called?
I was lucky enough once to purchase a small collection of Roman finger rings, but the pride of place in my small collection is an undeniable Celtic ring. Once cleaned, it showed mythical animals around the outside, meeting in two heads of dragons or whatever in the middle where a gem would have been, but is sadly missing now. The ring is a thing of pure beauty, small as it is, and definitely my most wonderful ancient artefact in my posession. It is not actually very valuable, but priceless to me because of its wonderful Celtic beauty.
The narrators make this easy to listen to, great writing. Thank you.
A Scot saying the word "poor" makes that word sound noble
Given what the rich do to get that way, "poor" should sound noble in every accent! =D
@@anne-droid7739 sell cars?
Just sounds like our perpetually whiney devolved cousins to this Irish ear.
Nothing said in a Scottish accent sounds noble.
Who knew it had a two syllables
45:15 such a beautiful landscape. a awesome documentary they make a good pair thank you for the upload.
Love listening to Dr Neil Oliver talk. That Scottish Brogue is something special. I like both of their voices. Good stuff to help you fall asleep.
Thank you for the subtitles. totally made my day
Such a wonderful documentary. looking forward to the next installments. Thank you so much for this. Neil is my favorite face of celtic documentaries, the addition of never before known to me Alice Roberts is a big plus. Intelligent, engaging, curious, as well as down right as pleasing on the ears and eyes as Neil Oliver himself. Moar of these two please!
+Jed Wood Neil Oliver isn't conventionally handsome but I find him very sexy. Must be the accent.
+Rachel Lesch I could listen to that highland brogue all day.
Yeah, but he made lots of glaring mistakes - not least, that the legions did not exist in the times of Brennus.
Wow. Just wow. The bronze couch on wheels is amazing! I think this documentary is better than "Britain AD".
Alice Roberts is such a beautiful young woman with a lovely soft, English voice - and Neil Oliver is your typical Scot, in looks and unforgettable accent. What a brilliant team !
omg a documentary on youtube that is not blurry 10/10
@mark hart How is that a response to this comment?
Yeah what is that blurriess about
@@rakucrease8030 helps bots from finding it to remove for copyright in some cases. Other cases are just people compressing the file to a potato.
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I am from the Celtic Tribe of the Nervii(the word nervous comes from my tribe and I am nervous when I have to fight but I am really much braver then the North-Africans, they know we are ) in Belgica. The bravest Celts of the Celts according Julius Caesar. It saved me a lot of times when fighting against North Africans in Brussels(44 times). North of Brussels, Flemish-Brabant. I can tell stories en show locations from the time of Julius Caesar. The marks and roads from that period are still here.
Bruno Pinkhof -for real?
Celts lived south of the Alps too, I'm from a city called Torino, it was called Augusta Taurinorum during Roman times, my region Piedmont was called gallia cisalpina (in Italian, forgot how they called it in Latin), or the Gaul on this side of the Alps.
When the Romans conquered Piedmont they incorporated the religious beliefs of the local celts into their own. The
local celtic tribes worshipped the bull. The Romans named my city, Augusta Taurinorum or the city of the bulls,
temples had bulls alongside Roman deities.
To this day the symbol of the city is the bull, the football team I support is called Toro (bull in Italian). It's a proof that the Romans not always destroyed celtic traditions, but in many cases incorporated them into their own. Mind that
this area was conquered before Gaul, before Julius Cesar, yet more than 2000 years later the signs of the ancient
celtic tribes are still here, in the symbols, in the name of the city, even the modern name Torino, from Toro (bull).
Alice Roberts is such a delight. Her eyes and voice keeps me interested in everything she talks about, so thank god it's mostly history.
if i try to listen to this at night i go to sleep-her voice is soothing
Love these Documentaries Alice Roberts and Neil Oliver are always interesting, thanks so much..
This documentary is fascinating, but it has also impressed upon me how uncertain life must have been in those times. Marauding bands of armed men appearing on the horizon to take your land and possibly kill you must have been terrifying!
The charge of Celts, wow!, it got my blood going. Pride in my ancestors at that moment, even if it is a re-enactment.
@ 54:04 Neil Oliver says the Celts burnt the "imperial" city to the ground. This is a misnomer because Rome at the time was still a republic. Imperial Rome did not begin until 363 years later on 27 BC with the reign of Augustus.
+Jade Nephrite Depends on what you mean with "imperial" thad word is not connected just to state ruled by Emperor.
city of Rome bcame an mpire tha momnt it conquerd aLL othr kingdoms and reaLms through-out tha mdtrranean , this they dd Long bfor Octavian was born , it was aLready an mpire by 27 BC , word mperor means he who mfaticLy givs ordrs m-fe-orator , and or dic-ta-orator he who speaks ordrs . these words ddnt hav tha same contxtuaL and LiteraL meaning they hav today . it would've bn easier for Brton CLtc GaLic ppL to burn buiLdngs in Rome whn it was mostLy made of wood , untiL tha day Romans buiLt wth briks and mortar , marbL . ItaLy wouLd not b invaded by a forrgn powr untiL tha days of HanibaL and mor than 400 yrs Later arrivaL of Goths
@Dani Stark I jst onLy own a rotary-fon , so I doubt is tha fon
Dani Stark no shit!!!! Haha
@HearthWi
Why do idiots always sound so sure? :D
Neil is a favorite narrator of mine. I adore his accent and pronunciation of words. No doubt or guessing what he means to say !!
I would gladly listen to Neil Oliver reading the phone book.
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And there it is. The Documentary scream: "Yyyeeaarrrrrgggggggghhhhh!"
so annoying since I often go to sleep listening to documentaries
Very interesting documentary. Looking forward to viewing the next two episodes. Thanks for posting!!
Delightful, thank you so much for your effort.... enjoying these immensely... Looking forward to #3.... yes?
As we have tall, redheaded, strong women in my family, and originated in Britain, I like to imagine sometimes that we are descended from Boudicca's tribal people. What a worthy role model!
Could it be? books.google.com/books?id=Y91ZHuZLCyAC&pg=PA271&dq=the+black+race+of+early+Ireland&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizxsGf25nLAhVEGx4KHQdYA0IQ6AEINDAE#v=onepage&q=the%20black%20race%20of%20early%20Ireland&f=false
+ Rainy Day And I too have tall, redheaded, strong women with hazel or greenish/blueish eyes in my family and I know many others who are not related to me and I am from Kazakhstan :). And the name Boudicca sounds like Kazakh name Batiqa. Maybe Boudicca was related to Scythian Queens Tomyris and Zarina who were heads of their nations and actually fought in the battles.
Zhanna Ibrasheva Kazakh are basically completely East Asian .
Makes complete sense when you look at the Romans dealing the final blow to the druids in Wales. The Celts would travel to Wales and Ireland for spiritual and cultural guidance from the druid classes.
Allegedly. Proof, we need Proof. Not reimagined new-age faux druidic allegations. There's no known Written Proof of any druidic rituals or culture.
The Romans, like most invaders, went after the Druids as a way of taming the populace.
Glad to have ancestrs that were Irish and Welsh and that they gave the Romans so much trouble but yet still survied!
Amazing documentary. Thanks very much for uploading this!
_The Dying Gaul_ is a Roman copy of a Greek work.
In Greek art male nudity symbolizes the highest heroism and divinity. The distinctive hairstyle, the moustache and torque, all iconic badges of Celtic identity, are accurately depicted by a sensitive and respectful artist.
That's no mere "naked savage," as Neil suggests, but the embodiment of warlike virtues for a Graeco-Roman viewer to aspire to, and what still evokes emotions today in this timeless masterpiece.
Neil Oliver in truth didn't suggest that it was a mere naked savage he was voicing the Roman view of the Celts. And who cares if it was of Greek origin Rome borrowed heavily from Greek culture and as a result was influenced by the same.
Interesting perspective
I am Mexican,but a large part of my family look irish,red or blonde hair with colored eyes..My sister's are really white one with blonde hair and one with fire red hair and green eyes.Two of my daughters look white,one has green eyes,the other is really pale white with blonde hair.Kids at her school thought she was white.I never understood why my family looked this way when we are Mexicans.Some people in my family look more irish then some of the people from Ireland that ive seen.My dad didn't look Mexican he was pale with freckles and a red beard.My grandfather looked the same but with green eyes.So i guess we got our looks from the Celts in Spain.I always wondered why we looked this way,but watching these types of documentaries has helped me find the clues.Thanks!
Melanin. Gene which controls melanin production can be on/off. Melanin protects from sunlight thus protecting from skin cancer. Less light exposure or Cold temperature --> Low Melanin --> White Skin. Disadvantage-> Skin cancers. Advantage--> More Vitamin D --> More Calcium absorption. Black people have least skin cancer Vs whites which are susceptible to skin cancers due to high exposure to sunlight. If white people start staying in Africa for thousands of years, they will all start looking completely different breed.
+ TheKalico23 If you are a Native Mexican then your ancestors came from Central Asia (it was genetically proven). There are a lot of red and light colour haired Central Asians with blueish/greenish/greyish eyes every where in Central Asia (Afgans, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Altais, Uzbeks, Turkmens, Tajiiks and many others). Actually, I have a few relatives with such features.
Maybe your ancestors were Irish soldiers of the battalion of the San Patricios who fought for Mexico against United States
AtomicBanana_ most Mexicans are native mixed with European, so it makes sense.
AtomicBanana_
What's your blood type?
To Bart Herheyen; Thank you for posting this fascinating series.
Love this doc. And I love Neil's Scottish accent! My family is Scots/Irish/English. One thing I notice about docs relating to Romans is how arrogant they were.
Cathie Z yes because the Celts were totally humble....
The celts were on places with the "gal" particles on their name:
Portugal,
Galicia, Spain,
Gales (Wales),
The Gaelic speakers,
Galos, (gaules),
Galatasaray (Turkey). And others....
Bengal?
@@jazzhuman Galizia, Poland.
It's a druid prefix attached to titled names they had schools all over Europe . The book Celtic reader states that a druid priest originated from Canaan the word Druze, gives us a clue
the slang word yid gives us a clue that it's a Semitic origin. The name goal or gaul originating from Golan the high place of bael worship . Robert scrutton was another source of information. Some surnames today appear to have Semitic roots in their make up.
Greeeeaaaat...we've got someone laying the foundation for the "Celts as the lost tribes of Israel" argument.
Gales is ludicrous
Because Wales comes from Anglo-Saxon Whaeles meaning foreigner.
In their language they are called the Cymru
LONG LIVE THE CELTS!!! 💥🔥⚡️💕
Táimíd ann fós! We are still here.
I watched this on television years ago but am always up for watching it again.
Wonderful Documentary and everyone loves it as this Earth we inhabit is about to turn into a Powder Keg. We are living in the very end of Day's and we could all go anytime now. I wait for our Messiah's return, can barely wait. I pray you're all believers.
Thank you for uploading, so much I haven't heard of before.
one thing I heard and I am not sure if I gt it right, but the time frame would put the celts arrival in italy close to when the 'sea people' were creating havoc in egypt and what is now iraque?? possibly their second stop?... the bohannan blood in me is quite curious...
I believe the Sea Peoples moments of glory were much earlier, like around 1100 BC?
awesome thank you so much for this, for those interest in The Celts and can get to London there is currently an expo on The Celts at The British Museum
Watching from NSW Australia.
Thank you BV for the upload.
It was removed a few years ago but im glad I watched it before that happened, but it was A History of Celtic Britain which was the 2nd part of the A History Of series, the first being A History of Ancient Britain which spans from the last Ice Age to the Bronze Age. That at least is still available on TH-cam. This is a nice consolation prize for those videos being removed.
I just love Neil Oliver's accent!!!!
I hate how we talk about them as if they’re gone. Modern people are their descendants. Very few to none are ever “wiped out”. They just change culture whether language, religion, etc over time but genes survive.
I'm only half Anglo Saxon.. I ask in all honesty is it part of me?
Neil Oliver could read the Apple Privacy Document and it would sound fascinating. I miss him on COAST. The new guy is good, too, but it's just not the same without Neil's brogue and excited charm.
Thankyou! I love ancient history.💕
Fantastic! Thanks so much
Is it just me or can scots make anything sound "awesom-er" lol
just you
I can listen to Scot recite the alphabet and be a happy girl 😊
You ought to know, Obi-Wan.
Love it - we are currently trying to learn Scots Gaelic...bit hard with an Aussie tongue
Not to mention the beauty and brains, coupled with her accent, Alice Robert’s melts me.
I could listen to those two all day... more from them please. :)
Absolutely fascinating thank you
thanks for the upload. fascinating that the Celts were in Portugal and into Spain.
+Stefania Czech well alot of Spanish and Portuguese from the north, are descendent from them, you can even see some diferences between them from the north in culture and way of life, compared to the south.
+João Silva
The difference is 0
Suso Medin huh?
You see it in the place names like Galicia.... Gaule, Wales etc. Celt comes from a Greek word describing these peoples, and is not their own name for themselves.
Neil Oliver is the total package. I'm just saying.
@Little Dorrit so you understand that we can both respect, and be attracted to Professor Alice Roberts. We're moving in the right direction
I agreee.
Melanie, it's the accent! That resulted in my marriage to a lady from San Diego. I'm from Scotland and we have been married 33 years! Och eye.
The Celtic afterlife reminds me of the Egyptians by the way they carry luxuries to their deaths. That's probably one of the many cultures that inspired Celtic culture.
Thank you uploader. 2 of my favourite presenters.
The Celts did leave a written record. Ogham was the alphabet used in the 3rd century & Lepontic was one of the oldest attested Celtic languages.
Who inhabited the British Isles before the Celts and the Picts? Did Britain have an indigenous population at one time?
Robert scrutton book the other Atlantis claimed that the land now called Britain was a prison colony for the ancient fresia people mentioned in their ancient scrolls where criminals and genetically deformed like tall giant's that the first cymri people's encountered and killed .
Bryson, there's a wee little town called 'Knockcrockery' in the West of Ireland where they will personalize anything you wish however it is very costly, all done in Ogham and on parchment. ☘
The Tarim mummies seem to show that the Celts existed much farther, and much earlier than a few hundred years BC.
Indo european roots different branch
A very good documentary. Interesting 100% Thanks
That was an amazing history lesson of the ancient Celtic empire and conquerors of Rome
Damn that Scottish accent ! You are making history sort of sexy Mr. OIiver..
Erika Collisson aye he sure does
Indeed!
@Nenethegreat W Why thank you :)
thank you for posting!
The Dying Gaul is actually an roman copy of an hellenistic statue. Here is what Wikipedia say: " The Dying Gaul, also called The Dying Galatian[1] (in Italian: Galata Morente) or The Dying Gladiator, is an Ancient Roman marble semi-recumbent statue now in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. It is a copy of a now lost sculpture from the Hellenistic period (323-31 BC) thought to have been made in bronze.[2] The original may have been commissioned at some time between 230 and 220 BC by Attalus I of Pergamon to celebrate his victory over the Galatians, the Celtic or Gaulish people of parts of Anatolia (modern Turkey). The original sculptor is believed to have been Epigonus, a court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon".
Neil Oliver accent is music to my ears
The thing that always bothers me about these documentaries is the costumes of the actors playing the "Celts". They invariably wear brown rags and leather armor and are covered in filth aka the generic "barbarian". How hard would it be to contact a reenactment group to get an accurate representation?
We automatically assume that anything non-Greco Roman, Egyptian, or Chinese are too primitive to be civilized. So findings are always "shocking" How we view other cultures is based on Roman propaganda too and we never really broke away from that default assumption I feel like
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We can tell from the exquisite jewelry they left behind that personal appearance was important to the Celts. I think, from the early texts, however, that they fought naked with nothing but paint. This made great sense because any bits of clothing pushed into wounds tended to promote infection. Ancient peoples were well aware of this. They also did not wear tartans or kilts.
AngryVeteran85
Yes, we are always displayed as a tribe of filthy, ignorant, superstitious, savage, Neanderthal-type (even they have been misrepresented)
WE...
Mike Loades is an absolute legend!
Thank you so much for sharing this video.
🙂
thank you too , I love these the Coast presenters !
My only negative feedback is the lack of quality in the subtitles. Whomever was providing the subtitle service needs to develop their ear quite a bit more.
Right, this is truly misleading and aggravating to people like me who try hard to understand what is being said. Good Vid though, thank you for that
Love that Scottish accent!
+Ebenezar Oh,i thought its Irish.I love it too.
nay, za German accent is better
+greathey1234
What about that beautiful women's accent? She sounds like normal English accent,am i right?
Curious Guy She has a lovely lisper, doesn't she? I mean she says lithen instead of listen
tell me how it's different? you nationalist fool
"Vi Victus" ... now thats a boss move. I sit here watching this, as a Celt, born and raised in Scotland, with family living in Rome ... it makes this all the more surreal.
This is so interesting. Thank you for making this video.
'N'Ya-Celt, 'N'Ya-Gael, 'N'Ya-Galliacht: ALL one culture:
And I but one scion thereof; as are various of my pan-European Bretheren.
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Kind and Respectful Regards, and warm Greetings to you both, Neil and Alice; my (now-distant) Cousin(e)s, Uyraell, NZ.
Besides of audio books I enjoy videos like this to learn about early European history. The only disagreement I have about the commentary is to call the Romans modern in contrast to the Celts. From a women's rights view point the Romans were patriarchal and backwards. Celtic women had al lot more rights than Roman women. For example there were celtic women warriors, druids, seers and queens. Women were allowed to have an education, own property, have a profession and choose their lovers.
They were basically equal to men in every social aspect
Heh
Excavations done in Iceland of ancient graves, DNA samples analysis showed the women/wives came from Scotland or Northern Ireland - only. Should it be a surprise to know those men selected those women to be their wives? Those women had been trained to use a spear & a shield, to fight to protect their family. Notice the places where the Roman armies failed.
Celts had a calendar that worked, unlike the Romans.
Please. What a faggy comment. The achievements of the Romans are of world-historical signifiance. There’s simply no comparison. The Romans weren’t stinking modern feminists? Good!
That Celtic horn is super cool.
So cool how the evidence of the upper body muscles on the skeleton being more prevalent than the lower body muscles can be explained by the evidence in the mines. So freaking cool
I'm still amoused, hearing my people talking english. Its really needs a melodic touch...
Sounding too much analytic and "cold"
But Austrians are a friendly folk. Worth to visit.
Love how the "killed" celtic chieftain just marches in the front line later again :D
He got better
Well, the BBC only has a few actors... And one tie.
There can be only one!!!
There needs to be more love here for Prof. Alice Roberts.
Finally a documentary that does not just ramble on about the "barbarism" and how they were crushed by the roman empire and later by the Saxons complexly ignoring literally hundreds of years of war between the Celts and various different factions and ignoring the incredible impact that the ancient Celts had on the world. Even by the admissions of the romans the Gaul's of what is now France where the "greatest enemy Rome ever faced" and the that it was the Celts who had actually sacked Rome around a hundred-ish years before that conveniently left out of the story by most historians. It was only bey the military genius of Julius Caesar that the Gaul's were defeated.
Thank you.
+grom72 You're welcome! Still processing the subtitles, as some of these words are as dramatical as some of the scenes of this episode. Not mentioning the synchronisation of all the phrases, even leaving alone the fact that I'm Flemish
The idea of the Celtic Warrior as a naked savage is largely propaganda. The Celtic warrior class was like an early version of the feudal knight; armored mounted warriors. Romans adopted their equipment and the flexible fighting style of their foot soldiers. Prior to this the Romans fought more like Greeks.
Damn right
The statue of the naked barbarian Kelt? Yes, normally he would fully dressed in war regalia. But the Romans sculpted this man through their own social paradigm.....
It was his ex-wife that kilt 'em.
He has his sword and necklace and whatnot, a beautiful statue of a noble dying man, what exactly this propaganda propagates. Many Roman statues are naked, bronze of the emperor Trebonianus Gallus, Hercules, Dionysos and so on
Sure it wasnt always the case but Celts would sometimes remove clothing/armor as a sign of fearlessness. Like a old school fuck you, im not scared of you mentality.
Absolutely fascinating!
Alice and Neil are the dream team of documentaries
Europe's most enigmatic people? Maybe - but let's not forget entirely about the Etruscans or the Minoans.
+ Anton K they are Anatolian origin
True
Etruscans were sea peoples so Luwians they were Anatolian origin lol
Any sources you can provide
Nowhere even remotely on the same scale.
Alice Roberts is a Celtic Goddess.
Chris G.k there is something very beautiful about her eyes
literal lol xD
@@christinehope6317 Definitely! There is something about them.
@Nenethegreat W plainly sexy.
@@christinehope6317 Her eyes are asymmetrical as well as heavy lidded. Makes them look like a very relaxed smirk that's calm and humorous. Could also appear like post coital happy sleepiness. so beautiful for those reasons.
Imagine having a great career like this and pissing it all away.
Not at all,he's an absolute hero,a national treasure...
John Koch is quite alone among linguists in his claim that SW Iberian inscriptions from early IA are of a Celtic language (it seems to be a non IE language isolate)