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Celtic Warrior
Terracotta statuette of a warrior carrying a Celtic shield. He is depicted with long hair, drooping moustache, trousers and a tunic. 2nd century CE. (Ashmolean Museum, UK)
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The Death of Roman Nose (Cheyenne Warrior)
The death of Roman Nose (Cheyenne Warrior) at the Battle of Beecher Island (1895), illustration from page 321 of Illustrated Battles of the Nineteenth Century by Archibald Forbes, Major Arthur Griffiths, et...
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Celtic Warrior, Gaul
A Celtic warrior statue from Gaul. Bronze with glass inlay, 1st century BCE or 1st century CE. From Saint-Maur-en-Chaussée, Oise, France. (Musée départemental de l'Oise)
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Celtic Warrior, Braganza Brooch
A detail of the Braganza Brooch showing a Celtic warrior with shield and helmet. Iberian, gold, 250-200 BCE. Length: 14 centimetres.
The British Museum, London.
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Briton Woman Warrior
This is a concept of how a Briton woman warrior, such as Boudicca, may have looked like.
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Vercingetorix
Vercingetorix (82-46 BCE) was a Gallic chieftain who rallied the tribes of Gaul (modern-day France) to repel the Roman invasion of Julius Caesar in 52 BCE. His name means "Victor of a Hundred Battles" and was not his birth name...
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Japanese War Tales
War tales (gunki monogatari) is a genre of historical writing that developed in Japan from the Heian Period (794-1185) to the Muromachi Period (1333-1573). They form an important element in the development of the Japanese literary...
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The Saxons
The Saxons were a Germanic people of the region north of the Elbe River stretching from Holstein (in modern-day Germany) to the North Sea. The Saxons who migrated to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries CE along with the Angles, Frisians...
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Arminius
The Cherusci noble Arminius (c. 18 BCE - 19 CE) led the resistance to Roman conquest of Germania during the years 9-16 CE. Likely raised as a child hostage in Rome, Arminius gained command of a German auxiliary cohort in the Roman army...
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Amphora with Warrior and Dog
Attic amphora depicting the departure of a warrior, found at Vulci, attributed to the Dikaios Painter, 510-500 BCE. In the centre, a young warrior stands facing a bearded archer in Phrygian costume, who looks down as...