Your Galatian cavalry are very striking. The Celts seem to have got around more than one might think. I have just been reading an Osprey Men at Arms about the army of Herod the Great and was surprised to learn that there were celtic cavalry in his bodyguard, though it isn't known if they were Galatian or from Gaul.
Could be either. Galatians kept in contact with the tribes back in Gaul so some of the Galatians that fought in the wars of the period may have come from Gaul. Gaulish coins are mostly based on Macedonian coins of Philip of Macedon and they kept the designs all the way through to the Roman invasion. So the Gauls must have done a lot of mercenary fighting for Philip II or Alexander and then brought these coins home and began copying them. The British Celts were using coins based on Macedonian coins up to the Claudian invasion in 43.
Love the cloak colours!
Thanks Parker!
Your Galatian cavalry are very striking.
The Celts seem to have got around more than one might think. I have just been reading an Osprey Men at Arms about the army of Herod the Great and was surprised to learn that there were celtic cavalry in his bodyguard, though it isn't known if they were Galatian or from Gaul.
Wow that is awesome! I have a Folio edition of Josephus that I need to read.
Could be either. Galatians kept in contact with the tribes back in Gaul so some of the Galatians that fought in the wars of the period may have come from Gaul. Gaulish coins are mostly based on Macedonian coins of Philip of Macedon and they kept the designs all the way through to the Roman invasion. So the Gauls must have done a lot of mercenary fighting for Philip II or Alexander and then brought these coins home and began copying them. The British Celts were using coins based on Macedonian coins up to the Claudian invasion in 43.