"Breton chariots." Topic

Good evening everyone,

Some manufactures offer in 28 mm, Breton chariots
for the Breton armies which face the Romans in 55 BC and 54 BC then from 43 AD, but many different models are offered, then which are the right ones for the Breton armies?

The Caledonians, the Pictes and the Scots also used this kind of war chariots, how were they? Identical?Thank you.

Paskal

This PDF link is about the recreation British Iron Age chariot. Most Celtic chariots were probably similar in construction so should be a guide.

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The Irish "chariot" may have been a sightly different thing, more of a travelling vehicle and less intended for combat –
link , link

Thank you, super nice these links, I completely forgot the Gallic chariots.

You won't find a historicaly correct Celtic chariot since they are all based on a Roman coin.
The celts did not use horses they used poneys like the Shetland poneys, the caricaturist loops were not solid or Wicca they served as a frame form which the seating/standing area was suspended useing gut creating a form of suspension allowing them to stand unaided while traveling on rough ground or making tight turns on hills with out them being thrown.

In modern parlance they were ponies but there was no such distinction at the time.

The horses would have been about 11-13 hands high (over the limit for modern Shetland breed standard – although the breed is not usually measured in hands. Max =42" or 10.2 hands).

Historical correctness is, as Quatermass says, 'difficult' for this era. There have been several burials found with what we believe are chariots (not everyone agrees) but even then most of the woodwork has decayed leaving iron and bronze fittings. From these people have been able to 'guesstimate' the size of animal they were designed for.

The strap suspended seating is of course conjectural but a reasonable interpretation of the existing illustrations and the need of the driver not to thrown out at the first bump.

@All
Thanks.