I'm italian and is it true that italians used to have a strong celtic presence. It says so on wikipedia.. and what does that mean, does it mean they are of celtic heritage?
2007-09-27 10:38:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
First, Celtic is NOT the same thing as "Irish". Not all Celts are "Irish". Second, only part of Italia was inhabited/dominated by Celts, specifically Gallia Cisalpina, which is the modern provinces of Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige, and Veneto. Anything south of this region in Italia had no significant Celtic presence. The Celts of Gallia Cisalpina had been conquered by Rome around 220BC and were fully incorporated into Italia under Augustus.
The Cisalpine Celts, themselves were invaders, having displaced the Etruscans.
So, while there might have, very, very, VERY, long ago been a "Celtic" presence in part of Italy, it is now even weaker in effect than the "Celtic presence" in modern Spain.
2007-09-27 10:45:45 · answer #1 · answered by Hoosier Daddy 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-05 09:57:44 · answer #2 · answered by rerucha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Celts used to be widespread across many parts of Europe, including northern Italy.
some say the Etruscans were Celts, but that's rather iffy.
not all Celts are Irish, though. Gaels (Irish/Scots/Manx) were only one group of Celts; nor the only ones to survive (Wales, Cornwall, the Bretons of France, and the Galicians of Spain are others)
most others were absorbed into local populaces from Turkey to Spain to Iceland.
2007-09-27 10:43:15 · answer #3 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nope Italians are a mixture of Arabs, Romans and Indo-Eastern Europeans
2007-09-27 10:41:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Nope you guys are much more arab especially the sicillians
2007-09-27 10:48:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
hello Caesar!!!!!!!!!
2007-09-30 03:42:13 · answer #6 · answered by Alessandro 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋