Rapin, André, “Le ceinturon métallique et l’évolution de la panoplie celtique au IIIe siècle av. J.-C.”, Études Celtiques 28 (1991): 349–368.
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[EN] The metallic belt and the Celtic soldier’s equipment’s evolution in the 3rd century B.-C.
In the 3rd century B.-C., the innovation which characterizes the Celts in the field of the military equipment is the hanging of the sword, kept in an iron scabbard, by the means of a belt with chains. This innovation, which is unique in the history of the military equipment, stayed in the background, because the real function of these chains was not understood. Their numerous variants, mostly attributed to the ornemental fantasy of Barbarians, are the results of a technological progress, which lasted during more than a century. It corresponds to the necessities of special techniques of fights, which are attested by written sources. The similarities, which are observable between archaelogical, historical sources and the technological analyses allow new precise, chronological bases to the evolution of the soldier’s equipment.
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