Xeruskōz are Celts?

[Fluvius Camillus]

Hello,

i just read an interessting book (Rainer Friebe isbn 3-933046-36x) about the location of the Varus-battle ("Te ut o burgi ensi saltu") near halberstadt/harz.

early on, friebe decribed the Xeruskōz as celtic peopel in orgin and thinking. mainly because of the relations with the also celtic (hallstatt) xabukaz/chauki(Friebe) and because of there headhunter-mentality - arminius send the head of varus to marbod and the Xeruskoz nailed alot of heads in the woods and sacrifice prisoners in "weidriesen" after the battle. but i don´t know if that is typical for celts only. an other aspect are the settlements that often end with -um (for opidum or dunum) like in beckum today.

In EB, the Xeruskōz have an extra sword-unit. AFAIK, iron was expensive and more typical for celts.

So, can anybody tell me more about the Xeruskōz and what is the historical backround for the "Druhtiz Herusku"?

I don't know about this though, so instead I'm asking you questions

The Bold Underlined part, does that mean that the Chauci Warband is Celtic too (Druhtiz Habukisku)?


As someone from the Netherlands, to what culture group do the Batavians belong? And what about the Frisians?

~Fluvius