Sacrifices

      The words of Julius Caesar continues as translated in the text by Mellor (p.142). The cover to this book is shown in a previous post of April 30.

      "The nation of all Gauls is extremely devoted to superstitious rites; and on that account they who are troubled with unusually severe diseases, and they who are engaged in battles and dangers, either sacrifice men as victims, or vow that they will sacrifice them, and employ the Druids as the performers of those sacrifices; because they think that unless the life of a man be offered for the life of a man, the mind of the immortal gods can not be rendered propitious, and they have sacrifices of that kind ordained for national purposes..".  Wow, human sacrifices! The following book shows the cover of what is judged to be one of those sacrifices.

      Anne Ross and Don Robin describe their interpretation of such a finding named "Lindow Man". Their work followed the initial research program by the British Museum called (The Body in the Bog), 1986. [Author's Note, p.7] They draw a map on p. 93 which shows the location of the bog, and its relationship to Old Oswestry and the land bridge discussed in many of my prior posts.

      This map should bring to mind many of my previous maps which demonstrate these geographic locations. The Roman locations are depicted to be around 60 A.D. The Cornovii (my Celtic ancestors) would seem to be the major folks involved. The Romans had their impact on my Celtic family for the next 500 years.