In around 1200 BCE, we have these guys called the Celts who started to arrive in Britain.

大约公元前 1200 年，我们有这些叫做凯尔特人的民族开始到达英国。

But the Celts were much more than just warriors.

但是凯尔特人远远不只是战士。

I know. For example, they think the 4000-year-old mummies were Celts.

我知道。比如说，他们认为有4000年历史的木乃伊是赛尔特人。

The Celts believed that there was a natural barrier between the living and the dead.

凯尔特人认为生者和亡者之一道天然屏障。

Over 2000 years ago, people known as the Celts lived in Northern Europe.

2000多年前，大家所知道的凯尔特人住欧洲北部。

The Celts worshipped many gods, and priests known as druids oversaw this worship.

凯尔特人崇拜许多神祗，被称作“德鲁伊”的祭司负责主持宗教信仰仪式。

They proudly said they were Keltoi or Celts who came from the far-away Alps.

他们自豪地说自己是来自遥远的阿尔卑斯山的 “Keltoi”，凯尔特人。

This is one of the earliest stories about the ancient Celts.

这就是有关古凯尔特人的最早的故事之一。

Rather than unite against the Roman legions in response to this defeat, the Celts maintained their tribal divisions.

面对这次进犯，凯尔特人并没有联合起来抵御罗马军团，而是仍维持着独立部落的划分。

Make it out to the ancient order of celts.

希望你们恢复凯尔特祖先的秩序。

Later, when the Romans invaded Europe, they adopted the Celts' New Year customs and used them in their own festivals.

后来罗马人入侵欧洲，他们接受了凯尔特人的新年习俗，并自己的节日加入这些习俗。

And jack-o-lanterns first caught on at a time when most Americans had no direct connection to Samhain or the Celts.

大多数美国人与萨温节或凯尔特人没有直接联系的时候，南瓜灯就已经开始流行起来了。

We know the ancient Celts practiced polytheistic  paganism.

我们知道古代凯尔特人信奉多神教。

A polytheistic culture, the Celts  worshipped a collection of deities.

多神教文化，凯尔特人崇拜神灵的集合。

The Celts had a feast called Samhain, which marked the end of summer.

凯尔特人举行了一场名为 Samhain 的盛宴，标志着夏天的结束。

After the Romans left Britain, in the fifth and sixth centuries the Saxons began to attack the Celts.

罗马人离开英国后，五、六世纪撒克逊人开始攻击凯尔特人。

There hasn't been a fence on this mountain since the time of the Celts.

自凯尔特人时代以来，这座山上就没有栅栏了。

The Celts were never one unified empire, and they didn't build cities or monuments.

凯尔特人从未形成过统一的帝国，也不曾修筑城池、树立石碑。

They drove the native Celts away from England into Wales, Scotland, and even Ireland across the sea.

他们将当地的凯尔特人从英格兰赶到威尔士、苏格兰，甚至隔海到爱尔兰。

The Celts who represented most of the population adopted the AngloSaxon- language as their own.

代表大多数人口的凯尔特人采用盎格鲁撒克逊语作为自己的语言。