Chariot

[longbow]

Julius Caesar in De Bello Gallico ('The Gallic Wars') mentions the Britons using chariots against his forces. They were apparently skilfully driven and used in 'hit-and-run' attacks on Roman troops in the mid-first century BC.

 

How effective were these carts?

the ponys they used allthough very hardy and strong animals,cant of been very fast,would the chariots have to come in range of the legionares pilums?

 

I imagine they would have to come within in range of the legionares to launch there own javelins,then the Romans could easily stop them,couldnt they?

[Lacertus]

Yes, I think that the chariot had not a success to fight a Roman legion. I doubt generally that Britons used them to combat, likehood, they were just a sort of transport.

[Guest Scanderbeg]

Yes, I think that the chariot had not a success to fight a Roman legion. I doubt generally that Britons used them to combat, likehood, they were just a sort of transport.

 

The Britons did not have good cavalry that they could ride. The horses in England never grew past ponies so they were not used individually very much. So yes they did use them in combat. It was actually one of the things they were known for.

 

[longbow]

The guy in the middle pic is a priest,Britons did not worship in temples or special religious buildings. Rather, the evidence shows they worshipped on the farm or out in the landscape.

He doesnt look much like a druid,but hes wearing a Druids Horned Helm,with ceremonial shield.

[Ursus]

Peter Ellis, the Celtic scholar, says the Celts used chariots and cavalry to attack the flanks with speed, causing panic. They would also use them to transport foot soldiers to the front lines, as the Greeks did in Homer's time. The Celts had a system of wooden roads which seems to have facilitated the use of chariots.