num_pages: 264
description: European recorded history north of the Alps begins with the Celts. At their height, they stretched over the ancient world from Ireland and Britain to Turkey and Czechoslovakia, from Belgium and Gaul to Spain and Italy. They sacked Rome, invaded Greece, and even attempted to take over the Egypt of the Ptolemy pharaohs. Yet theirs was an empire without an emperor, a civilization that encompassed the continent but had no central government. To tell its history, Ellis matches his storytelling talents with the firsthand and classical accounts of the Celtic empire.
language: English
title: The Celtic Empire: The First Millennium of Celtic History, 1000BC - AD51
titlecomplete: The Celtic Empire: The First Millennium of Celtic History, 1000BC - AD51
genres: Ireland, European History, Nonfiction, Ancient, Ancient History, Irish Literature, History
ratings_count: 134
publisher: Carroll and Graf Publishers