Celts and their primitive chainmail?

From: Mikko Rintasaari <rintasaa_at_mail.student.oulu.fi>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 13:47:57 +0300 (EDT)

> >chariots? Shieldwalls? Do they have Beserkers? Merely uttering
> >'celtic warband' tells us _little_. =20
> It tells us they fight in rather unformalized groups. It tells us they are
> impetuous. It tells us they are probably largely armed with hand- or
> short-range weapons. It tells us that they are probably structurally
> disorganized. It tells us they are typically individually brave. It tells
> us they are on foot. It tell us that they are probably primitively
> armored.

*beeb* wrong. Good going othervice, but the "primitive" celts invented chainmail, which was by far the best armor of the era. So, even if they often fought naked (for religious purpouses, and to show courage) their armour was the least primitive in the world.   As a side note, the "advanced" romans also learned the use of soap from the Celts, and the original, beautifully curving, form of the Gladius is also taken from Celtic swords.
  Btw... these things come to a nice analogue with Orlanthi "barbarians" and the "civiliced" Dara Happans. We do know that old old Orlanthi myths talk about chainmail... don't know about soap, though :)

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but apart from that, good analysis Steve

        -Adept

"thinker, dreamer and adventurer"

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