Ancient Celts

Indo-European ethnolinguistic group of tribal societies in Iron Age Europe
Intangible historical_ethnic_group Q35966
Ancient Celts
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Summary

Ancient Celts is a historical ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of historical ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39,688 views/month, #2 of 383).[2]

Key Facts

  • Followed by: Celtic people[3]
  • Location: Europe[4]
  • Subclass of: Indo-European people[5]
  • Commons category: Celts[6]
  • Language of work or name: Celtic languages[7]
  • Start time: 1200 BC[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Celts[9]
  • Commons gallery: Celts[10]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: historic:civilization=celtic[11]
  • Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa[12], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The New Student's Reference Work[17], New International Encyclopedia[18]
  • Different from: Kelten[19], Celtic people[20]
  • Culture: Celtic culture[21]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q23013900[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
  • Has works in the collection: National Museum in Prague[24]

Body

Influence

Things named for Ancient Celts include céilidh[25], a form of festival[26].

Why It Matters

Ancient Celts has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 130 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

It has been cited as an influence by Lugii[29], a historical ethnic group[30].

Works attributed to it include Book of Kells[31], a codex[32], in Ireland[33], founded in 0800[34]. Entities named for it include céilidh[25], a form of festival[26].

FAQs

Who did Ancient Celts influence?

Ancient Celts has been cited as an influence by Lugii[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Pruna.ar · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → -1200-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Subclass of → Indo-European people
    Location → Europe
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  2. 27d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Indo-European people
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: historical ethnic group"
  3. 5w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM480030
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM480030, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788904550532"
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005660-Keltove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005660-Keltove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +5
    Instance of → historical ethnic group
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 2475, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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