The Ancient Druids
A Classic Caste of Celtic Clergy
5 min readDec 14, 2020
More than two millennia ago, in the year 335 BCE, Alexander the Great encountered a group of Celtic warriors with huge golden neck rings and brightly colored cloaks. As the story goes, he asked the so-called barbarians what they feared most in this world, hoping that they would say him. However, to his surprise, the noble knights just laughed at him and said they feared…
