General Index

Aduatuci / Atuatuci tribe 25, 155, 188–9, 194

Aedui tribe or federation xvi, 66, 84, 111–13, 114, 198, 199

migration 152, 153, 159

relations with Rome 107–8, 196, 210

Agache, Roger 69

Agesinates tribe 140

Agricola, Gnaeus Julius 104–6, 253, 264, 266, 267–8, 269, 270, 273

agriculture xv, 8, 12, 149, 180, 191, 194

Agrippina the Younger 249

Alban, Saint 237

Alexander the Great 96, 99, 100

Allobroges tribe 160, 176

Ambarri tribe 152, 160

Ambiani tribe 56, 72, 160

Ambigatus, king of the Celts 151

Ambrosius (Emrys) Aurelianus 224, 256, 291

Amphitryon 115

Ananes / Anani tribe 158

Andosini tribe 5

Andossus, god 306

Antikythera Mechanism 87–9, 95, 100

Antoninus Pius, emperor 50, 52

Apollo, god 172, 179, 291

Aquitanian tribes 114, 194

Archimedes 142

Aristotle 90, 91, 132, 133, 140, 143, 162

Armorican tribes 191

Arnold, Matthew ix

art, Celtic see La Tène

Arthur, king of the Britons 223–4, 256, 289–90

Arverni tribe or federation 84, 107, 180, 182, 202, 208

defeat by Rome 176–7, 187, 192

in Gallic War 31, 32, 196, 197

migration 152, 159

Arvii tribe 143, 155

Astérix 29, 82, 297

astronomy 16, 88–9, 96, 98–100, 101, 105–6, 108, 121, 123, 129, 131, 147, 148

Atacini tribe 138–9, 155

Atrebates tribe

British 211, 216, 229, 245

Gaulish 155, 211, 216

Attila the Hun 185

augury see divination

Augustan Settlement 207

Augustus, emperor 110

Aulerci federation 152, 159

see also Cenomani; Eburovices

Ausci tribe 114

Ausetani tribe 155

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus 109, 279

Avienus, Rufus Festus 22

Aylesford Bucket 121, 123, 124, 245, 247, 292

azimuth 13, 14, 327

Babylonians 88, 91, 96, 131, 142

bards xv, 9, 74, 130, 169, 216, 220, 255, 256, 272

Battersea Shield 245, 247

battles, siting of xii, 176, 192–3, 198–9, 209, 251–6, 259–63, 265

Bebruces tribe 6, 10

Bebryx, legendary king, father of Pyrenea 6, 8

Belenos / Belenus, god 220

Belgae tribe 258

Belgic tribes 78, 114, 150, 210

Beli the Great, legendary king of the Britons 225, 234

Belinus the Great, legendary king of the Britons 220, 222, 223, 233, 234, 236, 238, 241, 243, 246

Bellovaci tribe 76, 77, 125, 204, 208

Bellovesus, nephew of Ambigatus 151–2, 155, 156, 164, 169

Beltane, festival 125

Bergistani tribe 155

Bituitos, king of the Arverni 176–7, 180, 192

Bituriges tribe 65, 80–82, 108, 137, 194, 196, 198, 208

etymology 80

hegemony 61–2, 78, 151

migration 150–64

Bituriges Vivisci tribe 208

Boii tribe or federation 150, 153, 158, 163, 164, 171, 183

Book of Invasions, The (Lebor Gabála Érenn) 273, 277

Book of Kells, The (Leabhar Cheanannais) 280

Boudica, queen of the Iceni 258–64, 268, 271, 286, 289, 290, 291

boundaries 35–7, 53, 63, 66, 163, 207, 223, 248, 280, 285, 297

see also tripoints

boundary place names 35–6

Brahmanism 120

Brennos, leader of expedition to Delphi 123, 171, 173

Brennos, leader of expedition to Rome 171

Breogán, legendary king of Galicia 273, 278, 279

Bretannos, legendary king, father of Celtine 212, 216

Breton language 40, 50, 61, 115

Brigantes tribe

British xvi, 251, 252, 256, 269, 273

Irish 273

Brigit, Saint 233, 274, 278, 279

Britanni (Britons) 25, 92, 101, 102, 104, 121, 189, 215, 249–50

see also Pretani

British tribes 216–17, 245, 268

briva’ place names 28

Bronze Age xv, 10, 26, 55, 59–60, 184, 224, 291, 305, 310

Brunehaut, mythical queen 29

Buccacircius, wind 7

Budenicenses tribe 146, 155

Cadurci tribe 200, 201, 202

Caepio, Quintus Servilius 174

Caereni tribe 270

Caesar, Gaius Julius 105, 149–50, 170, 187

in Britain 67, 72, 92, 102, 121, 189–91, 224

on Celts 25, 75

on Druids 109–10, 113, 116, 119, 131, 132, 139, 145, 191, 209, 210, 215, 279

Gallic War 28–9, 31–4, 67, 70, 72, 76, 184, 188–204

in Gaul 42, 72, 103, 107, 112–13, 182

on Gaulish message system 31, 33, 36–7

genocidal strategy 194–5, 204

geographical knowledge xvi, 102–4, 114

on Hercynian Forest 25, 162, 163, 165, 169

journeys 28–9, 103, 109, 202–3

as legendary figure 29, 80, 185

see also Commentarii de Bello Gallico

Caledones tribe 270

Caledonian tribes 264, 267, 269, 270, 272

calendars 125

Egyptian 88

Gaulish (Coligny calendar) xiii, 131–2

Metonic 88

Caleti tribe 145

Calgacus, leader of Caledonians 104–5, 267

Callimachus 172, 173

Canepa, Albino de 303–4

Cantabrian tribes 194

Cantiaci / Cantii tribe 190, 242

Caratacus, leader of British resistance 249–57, 268, 270, 290

Carnonacae tribe 270

Carnutes tribe 31, 152, 160, 198, 316–17, 319

carnyx (war-trumpet) 33, 36, 120, 130, 263

Carte archéologique de la Gaule 45, 294

Carte de France (Cassini) 70, 294

Carte de l’État-major 294

Carthaginians 14, 17, 60, 89, 91–2, 101, 102, 139, 287

Cartimandua, queen of the Brigantes xvi, 256, 270

cartography xiii, 15, 44, 96, 101, 105–6, 141, 161, 320

see also maps; portolan charts

Carvetii tribe 271

Cassini family 55, 70, 106, 141

Cassius Dio Cocceianus 253, 258, 259, 263, 269

Cassivellaunus, leader of British resistance 190, 196, 215

Catalauni tribe 159, 216

Cathars 138

Catholic Church 73, 83

Cato the Younger 194

Catuvellauni tribe 216, 229, 237, 262, 270

Celtiberians 17

Celtillus, father of Vercingetorix 196

Celtine, lover of Herakles 8–9, 16, 27, 212

Celtoligurians 15

‘Celtomaniacs’ 44

Celts

in Carthaginian army 22, 126

customs xv, 23–5

dress 22, 23–4

extent 3, 5, 59, 167–9

festivals 125, 129

foreign views of xvii, 3, 9, 13, 23–5, 108–9, 179–80, 190

in Gaul 15, 114, 132

in Italy 9, 17, 27, 149–61, 176, 183, 249–50

mythology xv, 5, 9–11, 90

origins x–xi, 5, 57, 114–16, 149, 269, 270, 305

in Roman army 253

tribal gatherings 139, 297

tribal names 216, 270

see also coins; colonization; Gauls; Gaulish language; La Tène art; maps; roads; temples; urban planning

Celtus, son of Celtine and Herakles 8, 115

Cenomani (Aulerci Cenomani) tribe 153, 155, 160, 319

Censorinus, Lucius Lentulius 208

centuriation 15, 55, 246

chainmail 199

Chappe telegraph system 32

chariots see vehicles

Christ of the Golden Beard 287

Christianity 73–5, 82–3, 124, 237

Christianization 120, 280–87

Britain 239

Gaul 74–5, 76

Ireland 274, 277–80

Christopher, Saint 75

Chronicle (Robert of Gloucester) 244

Cicero, Marcus Tullius xvi, 108, 117, 159, 179, 189–190, 211

Cicero, Quintus Tullius 108, 190

Cimbri tribe or federation 169

Circius, wind god 178

circumambulation 130, 200, 284

Cistercian abbeys 76, 78

Claudius, emperor 160, 208, 209, 249, 250

Cleopatra VII 167

Cocidius, god 284

coins

British 76, 216, 229

Carthaginian 102

Celtiberian 138

Celtic xvii, 76, 119, 168–9, 292–3

Cyrenean 92, 102

Gaulish 66, 76, 123, 171, 180, 185, 216

Massalian 69, 92

Roman ix, 45

Coligny calendar see calendars

colonization 9, 59–60, 149–75

Columba, Saint 284

Columbus, Christopher 98

Commentarii de Bello Gallico (Caesar and Hirtius) xvi, 25, 28, 72, 104, 113, 131, 150, 188, 191, 197, 229

Commios / Commius, king of the Atrebates 211

Consoranni tribe 155

Continental Celtic language group xii, 61

Corbulo, Gnaeus Domitius 253

Cornavii tribe 270

Cornovii tribe 218, 219, 251, 254

‘corpse roads’ 285

Crassus, Publius Licinius 202

Crawford, Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of 266

cross, ‘Celtic’ 41, 280

Cú Chulainn, mythical hero 149

‘Cult of the Severed Head’ 24, 75

Cunedda, legendary king 233

Cunobelinus, king of the Britons 233, 249

Cynesians, inhabitants of ‘the extreme west of Europe’ 3

Dacians 163

Dame de Vix, La 27, 40, 57, 198

Damnonii tribe 270

Darius III 100

David I of Scotland 266

De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (Gildas) 281

De mirabilibus auscultationibus (Pseudo-Aristotle) 15

Deceangli tribe 252

Degree Confluence Project 49

Delamarre, Xavier 41

Demetae tribe 234

Denis, Saint 75

Devil 74, 138, 185, 223, 284

Dicaearchus of Messana 97

Dindsenchas 114

Diodorus Siculus xvii, 65, 115, 120, 131, 139, 150, 159, 175, 204

Diogenes Laertius 117

dioptras 99, 147

Diviciacus / Divitiacus, leader of the Aedui xvi, 107–9, 111, 116, 131, 159, 191, 279

divination 37, 108, 146, 151

astronomical 13

botanomantic 119

mathematical 131

zoomantic 156, 259, 286

Dobunni tribe 229

Domitus, Caius Servilius 208

Drappes, leader of the Senones 200

Druids xiv, 40, 62, 82, 107–34, 145, 151, 155, 156, 158, 159, 163–4, 169, 176, 220, 255, 256

of Anglesey 90, 192, 236, 251–3, 257, 258, 263, 264

councils 41, 61, 139

dress 127, 292

education system 61, 64, 88, 109–34, 215, 279

etymology 115–16

female xi, 124, 131, 146, 253, 258, 263

geographical knowledge xii, 22, 113–14, 181

Irish 274, 279–80

latter-day 76, 279–80, 284, 286

mathematics 120, 124–5, 141

medicine 130

origins 119, 210, 211, 215–16, 227

persecution 111, 191, 235, 250, 264

political role 109, 110, 130–31, 160, 186–7, 191, 198, 199, 209, 246, 280

religion 75, 76, 108, 116, 117, 120, 125–30, 161, 209, 251, 256, 280

scientific knowledge xi, xiii, 88, 120, 121, 129, 131–4, 137, 177, 228, 231, 242, 291

sphere of influence 269–70

Dumnonii tribe 236, 252

Dumnorix, rebel leader of the Aedui 108

Durotriges tribe 222, 236, 257

Eburones tribe 195

Eburovices (Aulerci Eburovices) tribe 145

eclipses 16, 88, 100, 106, 131

ecliptic 129

ellipse 121, 129–30, 171, 228, 284

emporia 15

Ephorus / Ephoros 132

epicyclic gearing 88, 100

Epona, goddess 74, 75

equinoctial lines see parallels

equinox 12, 125, 126, 149, 191

Eratosthenes of Cyrene 95–6, 97, 106, 134, 187

Erigone 190

Etruscans xi, 11, 13, 28, 59, 145, 151, 186

Euclid of Alexandria 124

Euclidean geometry xii, 147

Eudoxus of Kyzikos 101

Euripides 117

Euthymenes 91

Excalibur 298

exploration 91–4, 100–102

‘fairy paths’ 285

Fir Bolg, legendary inhabitants of Ireland 277–8

Fonteius, Marcus 179

Four Royal Roads see Royal Roads

Froissart, Jean 202

frontiers see boundaries

Frontinus, Sextus Julius 211

Galates, son of Celtine and Herakles 8, 115

Galatians 167

Gallerand, retired postman 80–81

Gallic War 28–9, 67, 70, 72, 76, 81, 176, 188–204, 210–11, 216

general uprising 31–4, 185, 191, 196–200

siege of Alesia 140, 161, 198–200, 209, 210, 253–4

siege of Avaricum 194, 195

siege of Uxellodunum 201–4

Gallic War see Commentarii de Bello Gallico

Gallizenas, priestesses 146

Gaulish language xii, xv, 11, 25–6, 35, 40–1, 90, 279

Gauls

colonization 27, 115, 149–75

confederation 33–4, 61, 196–200

councils 24, 72, 77, 171, 192, 198

customs 23–4

dress 24

humour 25

hunger for news 32–3

living conditions 112

message system 31–7, 196, 258

military strategy xii, 24, 172, 176, 184, 191–3, 195, 198–9

origins x–xi, 5, 57, 114–16, 149, 156, 169, 305

religion 123, 208

riddles xvii, 25, 115, 117

technology 16, 26–8, 33, 60

genocide 10, 194–5, 204

Geoffrey of Monmouth 160, 220, 223, 233, 234, 237, 238, 246, 256

Geography (Ptolemy) 270, 273

Geography (Strabo) 93, 106

geometry xii, 147, 121–2, 127–30, 141–2

Germanic tribes 59, 107, 109, 145, 169, 187, 194, 195, 269

Germans, in Roman army 198, 269

Geryon, mythical tyrant 115

Gildas 281

Glanici tribe 216

Glastonbury Festival 186

gnomons 53, 91, 96, 317

Golaseccan culture 145

gold 6, 10, 24, 27, 28, 60, 120, 121, 173–4, 187, 256

Google Maps 295

‘Gorillai’ 101

graua’ place names 265

Great Bear see Ursa Major

Great Circle (orthodrome) 295–6

Greek language 10, 40, 90, 100, 113, 117, 118, 173

Greeks 102, 110, 115, 138, 171–3

colonists 9, 48, 98, 151, 152, 157

influence in Gaul 10, 15–17, 27, 55, 57, 92, 119, 120, 132

see also meridians; temples

Gregory I, Pope 280, 284

Gregory of Tours 43

gromas 147, 295

Guide Michelin 80, 82

Guinevere, queen 290

Gulf Stream 102

Gundestrup Cauldron 122, 126, 127, 167, 169

Gutuater / Gutuatrus, leader of Gaulish revolt 191–2

Hallstatt culture 55, 57, 145

Hamo, legendary Roman commander 234

Hannibal 5, 17–22, 73, 99, 100, 126, 156, 179, 192, 290

Hannibella, elephant 20

Hanno the Carthaginian 101

Helvetii tribe or federation 84, 108, 145, 162, 166, 188, 194, 198

migration 149–50, 152, 169, 195

Henry of Huntingdon 238

Herakles / Hercules x, 5–11, 16–22, 30, 41–2, 50, 62, 87, 109, 115, 138, 139–40, 142, 152, 156, 157, 172, 176–8, 181, 187, 212, 220

avatars 10, 14, 75, 117, 287

Hercuniates tribe 163, 166

Heritage Gateway 294

Herod the Great 167

Herodotus 3

Higden, Ranulf 245

Highland Clearances 150

Hipparchos 98–9

Hippolytus of Rome 110, 120

Hirtius, Aulus 191, 201, 202

Historia Anglorum (Henry of Huntingdon) 238

Historia Brittonum (Nennius?) 225–6

Historia Naturalis (Pliny) 99

Historia Regum Britanniae (Geoffrey of Monmouth) 220, 237, 246

Historic Environment Record 294

History Against the Pagans (Orosius) 176, 272

History of the Gauls (Timagenes) 114, 116

Hobbit, The (Tolkien) xii

Holy Grail 223

Homer 90, 93, 117

Hymn to Delos (Callimachus) 172

Iberians 15, 59, 126, 169, 187

Irish connections 273, 277, 278–80

Iceni tribe 235, 236, 252, 258, 259, 262, 264

I-Hsing (Yi Xing) 148

Imbolc, festival 125, 279

Institut Géographique National 294

Insubres / Insubri tribe 152, 160

Irish language 11, 50

Iron Age x, xv, xvi

Isaiah 37

James, Saint 73, 287

Jerome, Saint 25

Jesus Christ 41, 74, 124, 167

journey times 5, 27, 28–9, 165

Justinus, Marcus Junianus 150, 155

Keltoi 3, 22

Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit 260

Kermaria obelisk 62

klimata 97–101, 132, 138–9, 143, 206, 227, 231, 265, 289

Knights Templar 78

Lady of Vix see Dame de Vix

Laietani tribe 155

language see Breton; Continental Celtic; Gaulish; Greek; Irish; Latin; Tartessian; Welsh

lanternes des morts 317

La Tène art 27–8, 57, 61, 120–3, 133

‘bio-inspired’ 120

cruciform pattern 41, 62

geometrical basis 22, 121

numismatic xvii

‘pelta’ 281

Ultimate La Tène style 280

La Tène culture 57

Latin language 26, 27, 61, 100, 115, 178, 211, 215

latitude, determination of 91, 92, 96, 98, 101, 131

see also klimata; parallels

latitude sailing 98

Latobrigi / Latovici tribe 150

Lemovices tribe 210

Leuci tribe 216

ley lines xiv–xv, 223, 245, 293

Libui / Libici tribe 153, 158

Life of Caesar (Plutarch) 195

Ligurians 7, 59, 90, 145, 156

see also Celtoligurians

Lingones tribe 140, 153, 158–9, 198, 205, 216, 319, 323

literacy xv, 113

Livy (Titus Livius) 17, 19, 20, 61, 150, 152, 153, 155–6, 158, 160

Lleu Llaw Gyffes, mythical hero 218, 245, 253

Llevelys, legendary king of France 225–8, 231

Lludd, legendary king of Britain 225–8, 231, 234, 236, 241, 256, 270, 292, 296

longitude, determination of 98, 99

line of mid- 62, 65, 220

see also meridians

Lord of the Rings, The (Tolkien) xii

Lords of the Isles 265

Louernios, king of the Arverni 180

Louis XV 27

Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) 50

Lucatmael, Irish Druid 279

Lucian of Samosata 9–10, 117

Lucius, legendary king of Britain 291

Lucterius, leader of the Cadurci 200–201, 207

Lugaid, legendary king 274

Lugh / Lugus, god 65–6, 74, 156, 206, 227, 242, 281

as Mercury 72, 208–9

in Britain 218, 245, 253, 291

in Ireland 149, 173, 226, 274, 277

Lugh place names 65, 217

Lughnasadh, festival 125, 276

Mabinogion, The 225

Macbeth, king of the Scots 272

Macha, legendary queen 9

mandorla 124

Mandubii tribe 139, 140, 229, 317

mappa mundi 187, 238

maps 70, 83, 93, 95, 96

analysis of 47

Celtic 55, 111, 137, 156, 158, 238, 265

medieval 41, 95, 187, 236–9, 285

projections 44, 294–6, 303

Roman 55, 105

verbal 113, 149, 150

see also cartography; Ordnance Survey; portolan charts

Marius, Gaius 187

Martianus, Caius Servilius 208

Martin, Saint 74

Martyrology of Óengus, The (Félire Óengusso) 274, 279

Massaliots 90, 91, 153, 156, 157, 172, 176

Mauléon, Bastard de 202

measurement

angles 51, 89, 131, 141, 147

circumference of earth 95–6, 131

distance 29, 37, 43, 55–6, 69–70, 165

time xv, 53, 96, 98, 100, 102

Mediomatrici tribe 140, 153, 160, 164, 181, 210

Mela, Pomponius 110, 114, 117, 131, 146, 162, 163

Melqart, god 10, 14, 18

Mélusine, fairy 80, 146

Mercator, Gerardus 303

Mercator projection 239, 295, 296, 303–4

Mercury, god 72, 208–9

meridians

British 219–24, 234, 235, 236, 239, 259, 263, 265, 270, 272, 284, 289, 290–92

Caledonian 270–72

Chinese 148

Gaulish 62, 64, 65–84, 137–8, 206, 219, 220–21, 224, 235, 289

Greek 98, 137–8

Irish 221–2

London 224, 234, 236, 289, 291–2

Ordnance Survey 220, 221

Paris 62, 64

Roman 220, 221

Welsh 235, 236, 270

Merlin / Myrddin 78, 80, 224, 226, 228, 256, 290

Merrie England (Edward German) 218

metallurgy 60, 121

Meteorology (Aristotle) 133

‘mid hills’ 54–9

‘Midday Mountains’ 53

‘middle’ places 55–9, 62

Midgard xii

migrations 9, 131, 149–75, 181, 205, 277

Milky Way 7, 287

mining 11, 57, 112, 174, 180, 203

Ministry of Culture (France) 201

mistletoe 108, 120–21, 130

mnemonics 113–14

Molmutius, legendary king of the Britons 246

monasteries 40, 73, 238, 270, 274, 277–8, 282–3, 284–5

monetary union 180

Montaigne, Michel de, 197, 198

Morini tribe 72, 155, 205

muri gallici 23, 81

music 130

Myrddin see Merlin / Myrddin

Napoleon III 197, 201

National Monuments Record 294

National Trust 225

natural science (physiologia) 108

navigation 20, 98–9, 105, 132–3, 145–6, 163, 303

Nemetes tribe 162, 164, 216

nemeton sanctuaries 50, 64, 73, 78, 217–18, 222, 266, 270–71, 281, 284

Neolithic Age xiv–xv, 73, 161, 184, 278

Nero, emperor 208

Nervii tribe 143, 155, 193, 194, 195

Ninth Legion 264

Norse mythology xii, 119

north, determination of 147–8

oak 28, 108, 298

Celtic names for 115, 162

in art 119–21

in dress 127

in religion 113, 119, 264, 315

‘oak’ place names 140

oc language 63

Odysseus 15, 119

Ogmios, god 10, 14, 75, 117

oikoumene 96–8, 137–8, 230, 231

oïl language 63

omphalos 41, 47, 280

British 227–9, 235, 285, 292

Caledonian 270

Christian 41

Gaulish 41, 62, 137, 287

Greek 41, 62, 101–2, 137, 172–5

Irish 62, 222, 274–8

On the Ocean / Peri tou okeanou (Pytheas) 93

oppida xvi, 11, 69, 76, 78, 111–12, 179, 274, 296–7

abandonment 70, 72, 205, 209

coordination 77–9, 143–6, 154–60, 166, 184–7, 234, 235

creation 182–4

Ora Maritima (Avienus) 22

Ordnance Survey, Britain 220, 293, 294

Ordnance Survey, Ireland 294

Ordovices tribe 251, 254

Orosius, Paulus 176, 272

Osismi tribe 92, 146, 155

Ostorius Scapula, Publius 252, 257

Oxubii tribe 229

Panhellenic Games 88

parallels (lines of latitude)

Aberystwyth / Pendinas 231, 235, 259, 263, 264, 265, 289

Châteaumeillant 62, 78, 79, 137, 231, 265

Delphi 137–8, 231, 265

Dinas Emrys 230–31

Fisterra 138, 287

Montrose 265–6, 270

Oxford 231–4, 235, 237

see also klimata

Paris, Matthew 237–41, 242

Parisii tribe

Gaul 64, 77, 123, 150, 196, 198, 208, 216

Yorkshire 150, 216

Patrick, Saint 130, 277, 279, 284

Patroclus of Bourges, Saint 286

Paul, Saint 167

Pausanias 171–2, 173

periploi 91, 96

Persian road-builders 37

Peutinger Map 43, 69–70

Philip II of Macedonia 66

Philostratus, Lucius Flavius 14

Phocaeans 55

Phoenician alphabet 278

Phoenicians 10

pi (π) 141–2

Pictones / Pictavi tribe 198, 208, 216

Picts 216, 280–81, 298, 327

pilgrimage 3, 73–4, 79–80, 83–4, 173, 186, 277, 285, 286–7

Planhol, Xavier de xii

Pliny the Elder 10, 99, 100, 106, 119, 150, 156, 163, 194, 215

Plutarch 131, 150, 151, 164, 195, 197, 199

Poenius Postumus 257, 262

pole star 91

Polyaenus 131

Polybius 17–20, 33, 150, 153, 158, 160

Pontius Pilate 270

population patterns 56, 59, 297

portolan charts 147, 165, 278, 303–4

Posidonius 24, 130, 173–4, 175

Pretani / Pritani / Pret(t)anoi, inhabitants of Britannia 5, 115, 216

see also Britanni

protohistory xv–xvi

Pseudo-Aristotle 15

Ptolemy, Claudius 163, 218, 270, 273

Pyrenea, lover of Herakles 6, 8, 139

Pythagoras 110, 120, 123, 129, 130, 132, 133, 140, 141, 143

Pythagorean triangle 121, 123–5, 228, 231, 242

Pythagoreanism 116, 120, 226

Pytheas of Marseille xiii, 90–95, 96, 102, 175, 210, 215, 272

qanats 148

qibla 148

randa’ place names 35–7, 63

Rauraci tribe 150, 162

Ravenna Cosmography 50, 218

Rediones / Redones tribe 143

refraction 14, 227

Regina, Saint 281, 284

Regni / Regnenses tribe 242

reincarnation 116, 131, 193, 210

Reine, Sainte see Regina

Remi tribe 155, 159, 205, 208, 210

Rhind Papyrus 142

rhumb line (loxodrome) 98, 99, 132–3, 226, 279, 295–6

ritual deposition 174, 175, 251, 256, 298

roads

alignment of xiii, 29–30, 70–71

Gaulish 26, 28–31, 132, 205–6, 209–10

Roman 26, 29–31, 79–80, 176–7, 205–6, 209–10, 218, 223, 237, 238, 241–4, 248, 289

see also Royal Roads

Robert of Gloucester 244

Roberts, Stephen G. 297–8

Romanization

Britain 268

Gaul 177–80, 205–10

Romans 17, 23, 102, 107, 130, 145

expansion of empire 26, 89, 153, 176–80

geographical knowledge 96

view of Celts 9, 13, 23–5, 179–80, 190, 203, 272

see also coins; colonization; maps; meridians; temples; urban planning

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland 294

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales 294

Royal Roads 237–46, 261, 271, 289

‘royal sites’ (Ireland) 274–8

Ruteni tribe 155, 196, 198, 201, 202

sacrifice 12, 110, 126, 173, 284

human 50, 108, 125, 127, 209, 255–6

Sacrovir, leader of Gaulish revolt 191–2

Sagii tribe 155

Salassi tribe 160

Salyi / Sallyes / Saluvii tribe 152, 153, 156–7, 158, 176

Samhain, festival 125

Samian ware ix, 179, 268

sanctuaries, Celtic xii, xiv, 13, 14, 21, 31, 41, 43, 48, 50

see also nemeton sanctuaries

Santones tribe 149, 198

Sardones tribe 115

Sardus, son of Herakles 115

Saxons 226, 238, 248, 255

Schema Britanniae’ (Matthew Paris) 237–9

scientific knowledge, transmission of xv, 89–90, 96, 105, 148–9, 181

Second Augustan Legion 257, 262

Seduni tribe 155, 194

Segobriges tribe 16

Segovesus, nephew of Ambigatus 151, 163–4, 169

Senones tribe 145, 152, 153, 158, 159, 198, 200

Sequani tribe xvi, 26, 112, 155, 198, 208

Sertorius, Quintus 102

Severinus, Quintus Julius 208

Sextius Calvinus, Gaius 176

shrines see temples

Silures tribe 104, 251, 252, 257

Silvanus, god 51, 52

slavery

Celtic 8, 112, 251

Roman 28, 177, 178, 188, 194, 195, 197, 200, 211, 269, 279

Sol Invictus cult 317

solar wheels 14, 62, 199, 280, 317

solstices xi, 12–13, 62, 95, 125

solstitial bearings xi, xii–xiii, 12–14, 16, 21, 112, 125, 131–3, 139, 141, 144, 158–61, 165, 171–2, 295–6

in Britain 226–7, 230, 239–45, 253–4, 256, 259, 261, 264, 269, 271, 282–6, 289, 293, 327

in Ireland 275–8

roads 205–6, 211, 231

temples 13, 126, 200, 209, 260

towns 13, 209–10

‘sound-lines’ 36

standardization 14, 29, 227–8, 234, 275

Strabo 93, 105–6, 156, 158, 165, 175

‘subrectangular enclosures’ 127–8

Suebi tribe 192

Suetonius Paulinus, Gaius 253, 257, 262, 263, 264

sundials 53, 89, 179, 295

‘sunwise’ processions 130, 284

surveying 49, 56, 105, 127, 147, 220

boundaries 51–3, 96, 141, 147, 277–8

Mediolana 44, 60

roads 51, 241–4, 262

see also centuriation

Syrians, in Roman army 51, 52

Tacitus, Cornelius 103–6, 110

on Boudican revolt 258, 263

on invasion of Caledonia 265, 267, 269

on invasion of Wales 251, 252, 254, 256

tangent ratios

Britain (4:3) 226, 227–8, 231, 235, 242–8

Gaul (11:7) 141–2, 155, 218, 226, 227, 235

Ireland (9:5) 276

Tarbelli tribe 187

Tarquinius Priscus, Lucius 16, 150–51

Tartessian language 278–9

Taurini tribe 152, 157

Tauriscus, mythical tyrant 115, 156

Tectosages see Volcae Tectosages

temples

Bronze Age 55, 184, 185

Etruscan xi

Celtic xi, xii, xiv, 13, 54, 55, 75, 114, 125–30, 200, 208–9, 259–60, 297

Christian 74–5, 126, 281, 291

Gallo-Roman 78

Greek 55, 126–30

Roman xi, 128, 259

prehistoric 12, 161, 184, 185

Teutones tribe or federation 169

Thom, Alexander 295

Three Mother Goddesses 21, 74

Timagenes 114, 115, 116, 120, 129, 174

time see measurement

Timosthenes of Rhodes 97

tin routes 3, 6, 8, 91, 102, 205, 287

Togodumnus, brother of Caratacus 250

Tolistobogii / Tolistoboii tribe 171

Tolkien, J. R. R. xii

toponymy 45, 59

treasure 83, 173–5, 179, 187, 197, 256

Treveri tribe 114, 204, 317

triads 113–14, 117, 131, 149

triangulation 49, 51, 55, 98, 99, 106, 147, 295

Tricastini tribe 152, 153, 157

Trinovantes tribe 196, 258, 259

tripoints 219, 222, 224, 235, 236, 246, 254, 263, 286, 297–8

Trocmii tribe 171

‘trods’ 285

Trojans 107, 115

Tulingi tribe 150

Turones / Turoni tribe 198, 208

Turquin, Pierre 193

Tuscans 152, 157

Twelfth Legion 189

Tydfil, Saint 233

Uberi tribe 160

Ucuetis, god 200

Unelli / Veneli tribe 195

urban planning

British 245

Celtic xi, xii, 209–10

Etruscan xi, 13

Roman xi, 209–10

see also Milton Keynes; oppida

Ursa Major 91, 123, 204, 315

Vadé, Yves xii, 44, 50

Varro Atacinus, Publius Terentius 189

Vasco da Gama 98

vehicles 26–7, 28, 204

Veliocasses tribe 143

Veneti tribe 105, 143, 160, 194

Venus, goddess 187

Veragri tribe 155

Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls xvi, 140, 192, 196–200, 207, 249, 254, 284, 290

vesica piscis 124

Vion, Éric 47

Virgin Mary 73, 74, 124, 186

Viridomarus, protégé of Diviciacus 109

Viromandui tribe 143

Volcae Tectosages tribe 170–71, 173–4

Vortigern, British warlord 223–4, 226, 255–6, 290

Votadini tribe 236

warfare 24, 172, 183, 184, 191, 192, 251–7, 258–64

see also battles, siting of

Watkins, Alfred xiv, 223

‘Way of St James’ (Milky Way) 287

Welsh language 40, 50, 115

Weogora tribe 236

‘wheel towers’ 317

wine 17, 55, 57, 80, 84, 173, 178, 190, 268

amphorae 81, 82, 156, 186

Celts’ addiction to 24, 90, 151–2, 189

paraphernalia 28

Yggdrasil 119

Zeus, god 41, 101, 119, 172, 315

zodiac 14, 129, 133