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Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race
A few miles north of Greave’s Ash the indomitable twin-domed hillfort of Yeavering Bell looms imperiously over Glendale and the Milfield plain beyond. Here, an Iron Age fortress and summer camp were the focus of regional power and of a tribal cult. Yeavering’s chieftains seem to have retained their power and identity through the Roman centuries and
... See moreMax Adams • The First Kingdom
Yeavering Bell itself has not been substantially excavated but at another great hillfort of the Votadini, Traprain Law in East Lothian, successive archaeological campaigns have revealed a substantial reinforcing of the ramparts at the end of the fourth century and yielded a colossal hoard of fifth-century Roman silver weighing 53 lb. Most of the
... See moreMax Adams • The First Kingdom
So that no man would have grounds to feel superior to another, Lycurgus divided the country into 9000 equal plots of land. To each family, he gave one plot. Further, he decreed that the men no longer be called “citizens” but “peers” or “equals.” So that no man might compete with another or put on airs over wealth, Lycurgus outlawed money. A coin
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