A pattern is emerging when one reads the\narticles on Celtic \u201ewars\u201d, \u201estates\u201d \u201cconquests\u201d and large movements of tribes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
First: Celts are the indigenous people of\nEurope. They live everywhere except on Mediterranean seashores where seafaring\npeople live in their separate town kingdoms and trade along the shores. Celts\nlive different lifestyles on different geographical territories. They are\ncalled (named) after the most characteristic occupation they pursue. Their\ntools and weapons vary according to their occupation. (Cattle herders, carters,\nhorsemen, woodman, farmer, soldier, etc.) Here they are called Taurisci,\nArabisci, or Scordisci, there Scythians, Sarmatians or Iaziges, or farther away\nCarpodaci, Bastarnae. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Second: Trading routes of trading people lead across Celtic\nterritories. They establish trading posts in Celtic territory, where they trade\nwith Celts. These are tolerated by the \u201cbarbarians\u201d until the merchants accept\ntheir rules. Trading posts are then fortified against looters. Then small\nmarket towns of local people settle around trading posts. Towns are to be\nprotected by military force which is provided by the traders. Towns are to be\ngoverned by local people with regard to the needs of the foreigners too. A\nmixed society with mixed lifestyle spreads around these towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Third: When looting along the trading route\ncontinues, the route is protected all along, and considered a border (a\nnavigable river, a pass, etc.). Looters come from the \u201cother side\u201d, whoever\nlives there, and considered an enemy. Military garrisons and posts are\nestablished along the route on the territory of the \u201cfriendly\u201d tribes. Military\nleaders and most of the soldiers come from the people of the merchants. They\nare not considered enemy, they are \u201cprotectors\u201d. Local people still live under\nthe rule of their own leader \u201cking\u201d, but their lifestyle and thinking is\nsomewhat changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourth: Then the military leader with\nsufficient force already within the territory of Celts brings in more troops to\n\u201cpunish\u201d the \u201clooters\u201d on the other side. Once that is settled, soldiers stay\nthere, and a protectorate or a province is established. The king becomes a\npuppet king, the military leader becomes governor. But it is not obvious at\nfirst. They both issue their own similar coins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That pattern is recognizable in every empire,\nin Pannonia in roman times, in Thrace\u2019s \u201cgradual\u201d Macedonian occupation, and of\ncourse in America, where the same thing happened to the American Indians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifth: When the occupation becomes unbearable\n(usually because of heavy taxes on local people) they rebel against foreign\nrule. First with their own forces, then when it is not successful they cry for\nhelp. They call in all the neighbouring Celtic tribes available, and with them\nthey regain their freedom. From the point of view of the empire Celtic tribes\ninvaded the empire. But on the Celtic side it is liberation. Therefore they\nlive in peace with each other in a \u201cshared\u201d kingdom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The roman occupation attempt on Celtic Pannonia is a good example of this pattern. Here Atilla and the Huns came for the rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A pattern is emerging when one reads the articles on Celtic \u201ewars\u201d, \u201estates\u201d \u201cconquests\u201d and large movements of tribes. First: Celts are the indigenous people of Europe. They live everywhere except on Mediterranean seashores where seafaring people live in their separate town kingdoms and trade along the shores. Celts live different lifestyles on different geographical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[76,80,71,74,75,77,69,79,73,70,72,78],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-modelling","tag-arabisci","tag-atilla","tag-bastarnae","tag-carpi","tag-carpodaci","tag-celts","tag-colonization","tag-huns","tag-pannonia","tag-roman-empire","tag-scordisci","tag-trading-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nuclearmorphology.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nuclearmorphology.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nuclearmorphology.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nuclearmorphology.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nuclearmorphology.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nuclearmorphology.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"http:\/\/nuclearmorphology.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nuclearmorphology.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nuclearmorphology.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nuclearmorphology.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}