Caesar's Druids: Story of an Ancient Priesthood

by Miranda Aldhouse-Green

Ancient chroniclers, including Julius Caesar himself, made the Druids and their sacred rituals infamous throughout the Western world. But in fact, as Miranda Aldhouse-Green shows in this fascinating book, the Druids' day-to-day lives were far less lurid and much more significant. Exploring the various roles that Druids played in British and Gallic society during the first centuries B.C. and A.D.--not just as priests but as judges, healers, scientists,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300124422
• ISBN13: 9780300124422
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"