Quote Originally Posted by Celtic_Punk View Post
most northern european armies would line up, scream a rousing warcry signaling the impending enemy's doom and charge forth!

there would be tactics depending on the situation of the battle obviously, but most didnt have formations, they believed in the ability of the individual warrior.
:sigh: Although Celtic warriors tended to be individualistic, it doesn't take a genius to see that soldiers in formation work better. For example, Polybius mentions that at Telamon the Romans were impressed by the order of the Celtic host. The impression that Celtic armies were simple mobs mostly comes from battles like Watling street, where the Romans fought what was essentially a horde of enraged farmers.