Questions about Celtic cities north of Greece

[moriluk]

In real life (or within the game engine if there were no Eleutherio cities and there were limitless factions), to what factions/kingdoms did Pannonia/Vindobona, Eravacouw/Ak-Ink, and Scorcouw/Singidunum belong to?



Were any of these cites/provinces really Celtic or some type of mix?

[Brennus]

Were any of these cites/provinces really Celtic or some type of mix?

The degree of mixing depended on the tribe. To address this issue we must rely on the archaeological record and when we speak of "Celts" we mean people producing artefacts in the La Téne style. Sadly, aside from personal and place names we have little evidence for most widely accepted marker of Celtic ethnicity; language. With regards to the two most powerful Balkan Celtic tribes, the Taurisci and Scordisci, we find differing degrees of cultural exchange (forgive me if these details are slightly incorrect, I am working from memory, having packed up most of my books). The Taurisci appear to have kept cities that were overwhelmingly Celtic, artefacts recovered from Taurisci settlements tend to be overwhelmingly La Téne in style, with only the occasional Thracian and Dacian material. By contrast the Scordisci appear to have mingled freely with their Illyrian and Thracian neighbours; pottery from Scordisci settlements displaying La Téne and Illyrian designs. The historical record also attests to the fact the Scordisci were quite happy to mingle with their neighbours, often forming alliances with the Illyrians against the Roman and Macedonian states.

Unfortunately there has been little archaeological investigation done into the Bosporan, Tylis and Galatian Celts, however considering how far removed they were from the Celtic homelands, how short lived the Tylis and Bosporan Celtic states were, and how readily the Galatians appear to have adopted many aspects of Hellenistic society, it seems likely that these Celtic states were cultural melting pots.

Does that help?