olybius’ are full of incisive and valuable observations. One of these is the signalling system he describes (10.45.6-46.11-also explored in 3.6). This system,
ON THE COVER: Celts, Celts everywhere!
When the various La Tène tribes began their south-eastwards trek in the early third century BC, no one in Greece would have ever suspected that such a movement would reach them more than 1500 kilometres away. True, the Celts had begun spreading south