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Celtic warfare

The vast European culture known as the Celts had a warfare style much like the ancient Goths and Vikings. Their battles would start with a taunting session where one side would "flash" the other side and yell insults. This was then followed by a mad rush towards the enemy. Ancient Pre-Christian Celts would wear blue dye on their body to make themselves look like spirits. Celts would usually battle naked so clothing could not be forced into the body when wounded, preventing infecton. Celts used chariots in battle to devastating effect, but in the end, they fell to the might of the invading Romans. The Celtic ranks consisted of spearmen except for the rich men who could afford swords. These Celtic swordsman were most feared because of their mobility and mighty slashes. Look up Gothic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne explorers, traders, and warriors of the Norsemen (literally, men from the north) who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe as far east as the Volga River in Russia from the late...


Viking warefare

Vikings were the people of the Scandinavian peninsula who also fought like the Celts. They both share the mad rushes but unlike the Celts the Vikings used longboats with detachable masts to raid Christian villages. Vikings mostly used bearded axes and small circular shields. the most feared warriors were called berserkers. These were men of immense size and stamina who could resist fire and many attacks. They would always be the first onto the field.


Gothic warfare

The Goths out of the three had the most bloody of methods for war. The Goths were even more poor then the Celts and couldn't even afford spears. Instead they would file their teeth and fingernails. These sharpened body parts would be jabbed into the foes eyes and jugular veins. These methods led to the myths of Vampires and Werewolves.



 
 

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