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A History of Britain - Celts and Romans (800 BC - 1 AD)

The Histocrat

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In today's episode, we explore the emergence of the unique cultures of Iron Age Britain, and a looming threat from across the channel.

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Links to Footage:

Matthew Williams - Yarnbury Castle Drone Footage
Yarnbury Castle CROP CIRCLE 23.6 .2018 4k60p

Andy Ballard - Worlebury Hill Drone Footage
Worlebury Hill Iron Age Hill Fort - short ...

Ben Lovegrove - Danebury Hill Fort Drone Footage
Danebury Hill Fort - Drone Aerial Photogra...

Archaeopath - Broch of Gurness Drone Footage
ArchaeoDrone: The Broch of Gurness

Harry Mateman - Dartmoor Footage
Video

Amazing Drone Videos - Figsbury Ring Drone Footage
Drone Footage Figsbury Ring Neolithic an...

ASBL Lucilinburhuc - Celtic Festival Footage
Bealtaine 2014

Glyn Coy – Hidden Wiltshire - Windmill Hill Footage
Windmill Hill, Averbury, Wiltshire

Max Wray - Walbury Hill Walk
Walbury Hill Walk

Visions Above - Walbury Hill/Combe Gibbet Footage
Combe Gibbet & Walbury Hill, Newbury. 4K d...

Links to online resources:
“The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe” by Olalde et al.
https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...

“The British Plough: Some Stages in its Development” by Payne FG
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40272824...

"The Longue Durée of Genetic Ancestry: Multiple Genetic Marker Systems and Celtic Origins on the Atlantic Facade of Europe" by McEvoy et al. 2004
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

“At the Water's Edge” by Lund J
https://www.academia.edu/4188010/At_t...

"The Rise of the Individual In Late Iron Age Southern Britain and Beyond" by Andy Lamb
https://www.academia.edu/26806722/The...

“Drums of the Deep” “Lord of the Land” “Invariance” “Double Drift” “Night Music” and “Ossuary 6” by Kevin MacLeod are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

20 Comments

@ottlakafka3409 11 months ago

Not me finding this through a "boring shit to fall asleep to" playlist

@reeceengineering 6 years ago

Now the motif of King Arthur finding a sword in a lake makes a lot more sense

@MuchWhittering 6 years ago

"Though unfortunately for us, they remain undateable."

I know the feeling.

@nattartz6841 6 years ago (edited)

It’s wild man. TV networks spend millions on making high production value history documentaries and this dude comes along with his mundane voice and pictures from Google and it’s literally a million times more engaging

Edit: his voice is amazing but to an Aussie he just sounds like Ringo Starr

@notorious_raptor 6 years ago

British people : mines and creates pretty cool and useful tools for making their lives better
Also British people : throws them in a freaking river

@elizabethmcglothlin5406 6 years ago

East-facing doorways may have ritual significance, but there is also the purely practical admitting of early morning light into dark dwellings.

@BenLovegrove 6 years ago

Thank you for including some of my drone footage. It's good to see it being put to good use in a professional and interesting documentary like this. 🙂

@deveus1 6 years ago

strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government

@pastyman001 5 years ago

The Beaker People were replaced by the Bucket People, after the arrival of KFC

@sah00744 6 years ago (edited)

I'll listen to it tonight and fall asleep. Then watch it again getting ready for the day. Then again when I make dinner. Thank you for your time and dedication to the history and storytelling!

@Sunlight91 6 years ago

It's Midnight. Perfect time to learn about British history.

@vampire847 6 years ago

I play your videos to sleep at night cause your voice is so soothing.

@StefanMilo 6 years ago

Should be editing my next video, but now I have to take an hour and a half break.

@darrenmckee1520 6 years ago

Why can I never find these videos at a reasonable hour? 6.55am alarm is closing in quick.

@Gingernat089 5 years ago

Please please please do the next episode! This series is awesome xx

@monkeywrench2800 4 years ago

Nearly two years later.... and still being enjoyed. Thank you!!

@zzebowa 6 years ago

The problem with the 'celtic invasion' theory is the lack of DNA evidence. Depsite cultural and linguistic similarities, Spanish cslets are different to British celts and both are different to central european celts. It looks therefore that 'celticness' was an idea bought into, a common religion and culture, shared among different people.

@tommyodonovan3883 5 years ago

This is the best historian on YT.

@ryanc8469 6 years ago

Great video! And I love the fact that you actually list your sources as opposed to a lot of other “educational” channels that don’t cite anything or backup their historical claims with evidence. Keep it up 👍