What did people from Gaul look like?

Answer 1

Regardless of what the Celts of Central Europe described by the Greeks and Romans looked like , the Atlantic Celts of Britain and Ireland were also described by the Norse.

In the article "Race and Ethnicity in the Old Norse World" author Jenny Jochens outlines the interaction of the Norse and Celts. "Features of dark hair, dark skin, and dark eyes were found occasionally in Norway, but they became more common in Iceland as blond Norwegians mingled with darker Celts from the western islands in the North Atlantic. Since Norwegians brought few of their women to Iceland in the beginning, Celtic women were largely responsible for funneling Celtic genes into the Icelandic population either directly or indirectly."

Another comment:

The blond, blue eyed, and fair skin is more common of the Aryans of Germany.
The Celts believed that there were two worlds, our world and the other world, that was where everybody who died went. Celts thought that the other world was more important than the real world so they valued the after life more than their real life.

Though the chiefs of each tribe were the ruler of each tribe, the druids were more powerful. The druids were like Celts priests, they were able to talk to the gods and to the people from the other world, they carried out sacrifices to satisfy the gods and to communicate with them. Everyone had faith on druids,, because they were wise and represented the gods on the Earth. The druid's influence was so great that it is said that they could stand between Celts armies and stop them from fighting, but this only worked with Celts and people who believed in druids.

The dead Celts were buried with some of their important possessions, so they could carry it to the other world.

Answer 2

hoodies , sweatpants and deacent nike air runners

if you cannot give a sensible answer then do not answer at all.Most clothes of that time were made from rough material, and shoes were not necessarily worn.

Answer 3

The Celts (pronounced Kelts) were originally a group of people that stretched from the British Isles right accross Europe to Galatia (a Roman province in Anatolia, modern day Turkey). The Celtic tribes were called Galli by the Romans and Galatai or Keltoi by the Greeks--both terms meaning barbarian--and it is from the greek Keltoi that 'Celt' is derived.

Diodorus (a Greek Historian) wrote about the Celts:

"Their aspect is terrifying...They are very tall in stature, with ripling muscles under clear white skin. Their hair is blond, but not naturally so: they bleach it, to this day, artificially, washing it in lime and combing it back from their foreheaads. They look like wood-demons, their hair thick and shaggy like a horse's mane. Some of them are cleanshaven, but others--especially those of high rank--shave their cheeks but leave a moustache that covers the whole mouth and, when they eat and drink, acts like a sieve, trapping particles of food...The way they dress is astonishing: they wear brightly coloured and embroidered shirts, with trousers called bracae and cloaks fastened at the shoulder with a brooch, heavy in winter, light in summer. These cloaks are striped or chequered in design, with the separate checks close together and in various colours.

[The Celts] wear bronze helmets with figures picked out on them, even horns, which made them look even taller than they already are...while others cover themselves with breast-armour made out of chains. But most content themselves with the weapons nature gave them: they go naked into battle...Weird, discordant horns were sounded, [they shouted in chorus with their] deep and harsh voices, they beat their swords rythmically against their shields."

The Celts dealt Rome, still in it's infancy, it's most humiliating defeat ever. A group of Celts had defeated the Etruscans (south of the River Po) and took their land. The Romans sent three envoys to study the conflict. It was (according to Livy's 'The Early History of Rome') a civilized communication:

"[The Celts told the Roman envoys that] this was indeed the first time they had heard of them, but they assumed the Romans must be a courageous people because it was to them that the [Etruscans] had turned to in their hour of need. And since the Romans had tried to help with an embassy and not with arms, they themselves would not reject the offer of peace, provided the [Etruscans] ceded part of their seperfluous agricultural land; that was what they, the Celts, wanted.... If it were not given, they would launch an attack before the Romans' eyes, so that the Romans could report back how superior the Gauls were in battle to all others....The Romans then asked whether it was right to demand land from its owners on pain of war, indeed what were the Celts going in Etruria in the first place? The latter defiantly retorted that their right lay in their arms: To the brave belong all things."

Unfortunately, the Romans broke the good faith and aided the Etruscans. The Celts sent an envoy to Rome demanding that all members of the Fabian family, to which the three original envoys belonged, be handed over--quite in line with Roman protocol of the time. The Fabian family was powerful, and so the Roman senate were in a pickle, so they passed the request over to the 'Popular Assembly'. The assembly granted the family consular powers (the highest that could be granted), rather than hand them over. This was a mortal insult to the Celts, who gathered a great host and marched south to Rome. They cleaved a path through the countryside, vanquishing several battalions of Roman soldiers on the way, to lay siege to Rome itself. The siege lasted seven months, until negotiations were instigated. The Celts demanded one thousand pounds of gold in order that they lift their siege. As the gold was being weighed, the Romans claimed that the Celts were using rigged weights. Insulted, the leader of the Celts, Brennus, threw his sword into the balance and said: "vae victis" ("Woe to the defeated").

Trivia: Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and the man who brought Christianity of Ireland, was from Wales.

Answer 4

Despite the common stereotype of being fierce, blond/red-haired and Viking-like, most Gauls had light skin and dark hair and eyes. They are the ancestors of people from modern France, center-western Spain and northern Italy.

Answer 5

The Celts usaually wore tunics,jackets and shorts and in winter they wore tunics

Answer 6

The men wore solid gold torcs around their necks and their average height of a fully grown male Celt was 6'4, probably because they spent all day training for battle.