Celtic overpowered!

[NeoSpartan]

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I must be missing something. Im saying that Rome was caught up with many enemies and they would have had the same hard time as the Celts. Just because the Celts gave way doesnt mean the Romans didnt have the same problems. The Romans were successfully attacking the Celts,Illyrians,Greeks and etc. why would it only befall the Celts that they lose to attrition? I must be missing something. Sorry Psyco your just going to have to break out the crayons for me.
Alot of these last ones were rushed as Im pressed for time, sorry about that. Psyco if you wouldnt mind putting down the first names of the authors you mentioned, Id like to find more out about them.

why would it only befall the Celts that they lose to attrition?

Its been like the 5th time it has been said. The Romans, Celts and Germans had different ways of producing and training armies.
--The Romans would call up men from its territories and allies. Train them, and drill them to fight as a unit and throw them into battle. IF that army failled (as in the case against Hannibal), the Romans simply called up more men.
--Each German tribe had most of its men be able to double as Soldiers and Farmers/Craftmen/etc.
--Celts, had a warrior class that did the fighting, the farmers/craftmen/etc did not fight UNLESS in times of dire need. AND unlike the Romans these "Levies" were not trainned and drilled to fight as a unit.
----Also, Celtic warrior class was NOT trained from training camps or anything like that.

Another point I would like to make. The Romans were able to crunch out men like a paper mill to go against Pyross (sp), Hannibal, etc. because Rome exerted direct political, economic and administrative control from all its territories. Where at a flick of a finger during Republican eras the Senate could reduce land requirments and raise extra legions. And during Imperial times there was no shortege of men willing to join the well fed Legions.

The Celts were not an ORGANIZED NATION. There were different tribes who formed and broke alliances depending on what tribe was stronger and RARELY EVER came together as a Single Gallic Nation.

Not only is it hard to crunch out new fighting men by it self. But the tribes RARELY EVER decided to all produce new Warriors at the same time, and all spend the amount of resources nessesary to do so.