The Druids (In Our Time)
50 BCE · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Druids, the priests of ancient Europe. Active in Ireland, Britain and Gaul, the Druids were first written about by Roman authors including Julius Caesar and Pliny, who described them as wearing white robes and cutting mistletoe with golden sickles. They were suspected of leading resistance to the Romans, a fact which e
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Around 50 BCE
- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Julius Caesar (100 BCE)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon (49 BCE)
- Augustus (63 BCE)
- Saint Paul (5)
- Reign of Tiberius (14)
- Roman Empire (27 BCE)