Les druides
In 55 BC, Caesar decided to invade Britain. It was not really an invasion but rather an incursion. Then he kept this idea and finally he returned in Britain and he spent few days and weeks there. During this time, he discovered the druidism so it is interested to know what were the relations between the druids and the Roman. Moreover, we said that Britain was a land of mystery, full of legends and the druidism seems to be an obscure religion, not really well-known.
So we can wonder what was really this religion and also what were the relations between the druids and the Romans. So first we can study the druidism with for example the origin. Then we can interest in the druids, their place, their role. To finish, we can see the relations between the druids and the Romans, and the representation of the druids.
The druidism The origin
First of all we can specify what was the origin of the druidism. It is enough vague, the testimonies aren’t numerous, we haven’t a lot of source about this religion. Indeed, the druidism took part of the Celt religion. For Jean-Louis Brunaux who made and wrote some books about the druidism, the druids appeared in the V century BC. The druids believed in the immortality of soul. Some historians think that they hoped reincarnation after death what it is probably the explanation of the legendary boldness of the Celt warriors.
On his side, Caesar thought that they were descended from a supreme being. This is the idea of Posidonius, a philosopher and historian of these times.
Description of this religion
The druidism wasn’t a religion of writing, everything was oral. They didn’t use writing especially to keep the secret of their knowledge. But there was no writing also because they thought that it was a source of intellectual laziness. The druids used only a sort of writing, the ogam ; in fact, it was a system of signs.
Then we can interest in the feast of the druidism. Four feasts were very important