Rank And Dignity

       Julius Caesar (100-44 B.C.) was not the first, and certainly not the last, to write down the events of his life. His commentaries on his participation of the Gallic Wars is perhaps his most famous record keeping. In this commentary he records a lot of his thoughts about my Celtic ancestors. As last post described, these ancestors called themselves "Celts" in their own language. In these same memories' he states:

      "Throughout all Gaul there are two orders of those men who are of any rank and dignity..." "But of these two orders, one is that of the Druids, the other that of the knights. The former are engaged in things sacred, conduct the public and the private sacrifices, and interpret all matters of religion."

      Further down the discussion regarding the Druids the following is stated:

      "This institution is supposed to have been devised in Britain, and to have been brought over from it to Gaul."

      Say what! Brought from Britain to Gaul! Wow, those Celts in Britain must of had something to say about their culture in the grand scale. 

From the same text as shown in the last post: The Historians of Ancient Rome, edited by Ronald Mellor, p.140-141.