Materia Celtica

[Elmetiacos]

{celtic_infantry_lugian} Marslugoi Lugjiskoi (Lugii Heavy Swordsmen)
"Lugian Great-arms" or "Great troops"...

I renamed the Lugii unit since I think it should have a unique name- any comments or grammatical errors?

Since it's a fantasy unit wielding mediaeval two handed swords, it hardly matters whether the name is correct or not.

[blitzkrieg80]

sorry, i was under the assumption that you were interested in Celtic language. or helping in general... i'll let you get back to whatever it is you are attempting

[Elmetiacos]

If there had been two handed swords in the EB period, wielded by Celts then possible names for such weapons might be;
*dualâmâtas (two-hander)
*marocledon (great-sword)
*cledon maron (large sword - Gaelic clamh mór)
So you could have Dualâmâtas Lugion, Marocledon Lugion or Cledon Maron Lugion. However, I think it's a futile exercise trying to reconstruct proper Gaulish names for units which obviously never existed.

[lobf]

If there had been two handed swords in the EB period, wielded by Celts then possible names for such weapons might be;
*dualâmâtas (two-hander)
*marocledon (great-sword)
*cledon maron (large sword - Gaelic clamh mór)
So you could have Dualâmâtas Lugion, Marocledon Lugion or Cledon Maron Lugion. However, I think it's a futile exercise trying to reconstruct proper Gaulish names for units which obviously never existed.

I think you may have said it before, but out of curiousity, why is it you doubt ancient Celtic longswords?

[keravnos]

Indeed, archaeological evidence seems to suggest that they existed and in great numbers.

[Elmetiacos]

Anyone have any archaeological sites in the British Isles or mainland Europe from which two handed swords from the La Tene period have been recovered?

Edit: Is it possible that these two handers came from that Jacques Dorfmann Vercingetorix movie that was made a few years ago..?

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Yeah, the sword appeared in EB because it was in a wretched movie a few years ago.

Get lost. (close to closing this thread; edit: closed - someone may reopen it in a few days or something, but I'm tired of hearing these ridiculous statements from you and your ilk.)