Grand Lord of Beans NateGoregasm
The amount of incorrect assumptions that are made about etymology or history on a regular basis, my friend you could be a hero in this channel
I uphold what little promises I make, so here goes, and this is a very brief summary: The ancient French people (and the surrounding areas) were what the Greeks and Romans called "Celts" and "Gauls", from the Greek "Celtoi", meaning "tall ones", and "Galli", which may have been the name of one tribe used to encompass all Celts. The most popular image of the Celts is that of the "La Tene" era, corresponding roughly to their gradual expansion in influence over central Europe. As for the Britons, Celtic culture is believed to have spread to Britain during the preceding Halstatt era. The Celts were not a culturally united lot. Instead of identifying themselves as "Celtic" much like someone today would today as "Italian" or "Armenian", they identified with their tribes, like for example they would refer to themselves as being of the "Arverni", "Helvetii", or "Mandubii". Think of it as if people today referred to themselves by their city/state rather than their country. Over time they would trade and war with the Greco-Roman world, climaxing in their subjugation by Caesar. Southern Britain would be conquered later during the reign of Claudius, while the north was deemed too distant. As Rome started to fracture and gradually collapse, Britain was abandoned, later settled by the Anglo-Saxons, while Gaul later fell under the dominion of the Franks. Any subsequent events falls under "Early Middle Ages" and is out of my league. That's the super short version, and admittedly even I'm uncertain about parts of it
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