Children in Iron Age warfare

[Brennus]

Greetings all,

I have been considering writing a paper reviewing the evidence for the participation of children in Iron Age (Celtic, Celtiberian, British and Irish) warfare. I was wondering if anyone could offer sites of interest, comparable practices in Germanic or Mediterranean cultures, or authors who have expressed an interest in this area?

[Gaius Sempronius Gracchus]

Depends upon what we mean by 'children'. What we consider children may not have been considered so by other civilisations - we can see this in the way young girls - who would in most instances be considered children by modern standards - were pf marriage-able age.