Romans Achievements

Civilization’s rise and fall, and sometimes their achievements fall with them. When thinking of Western Civilizations, most would think first about the Roman’s. But, the Celts had more advanced achievements than some of the Roman achievements. The Romans were an impressive civilization, but what they truly did best was cover up the Celtics.
A civilizations dominance could be shown through their power and through their weapons. The Celts built weapons that not only were durable and could properly execute during warfare, but they were built for protection. The shields had specific designs pertaining to symbols of protection. The Romans had similar weaponry, but that was because they copied the ideas of the Celtics. Romans were known for …show more content…
When looking back on the written language of the Celts, no books or poems were found. Latin material was found in much larger quantity; and is still widely popular throughout literature. It looks as if Roman’s once again were better than the Celts, until a later discovery. Celtic Monks actually were the ones to copy and translate these old manuscripts. Some old inscriptions were found in Latin, Greek, and the language of the Celts, Ogham. The farther Latin manuscripts were inspected, it is realized that without the Celtic people, Latin writing would not even exist …show more content…
The Celts version was called the Coligny Calendar. Their calendar was discovered in the year 1897 by a farmer. The farmer realized the piece of art that he had found, but it was not until 1989, that scholar Garrett Olmstead, could interpret the calendar. He discovered that the Celtic calendar was the most advanced of its kind. A calendar by the Romans was also discovered, but after closer research it was discovered that the Romans were far off from being correct in determining the proper amount of days. Therefore, this caused problems for the Romans when trying to keep track of days, months, and