Talk:Celts/@comment-205.124.233.18-20150513175526/@comment-94.197.121.208-20170727152001

I agree with the OP, the Celts could be used to portray Bretons, Cumbrians and Cornish too. The Bretons were refugees from the British isles after the Angles, Jutes and Saxons invaded, and speak a brythonic celtic language similar to welsh, cumbric and cornish. I wouldn't say Basques as they probably were not celtic. Their language is unique within Europe and is not of Indo-european origin, whereas celtic languages are.

Funnily enough, the Welsh are best represented by the Britons in game, despite being a celtic people. This is because the longbow actually originated in Wales, and welsh longbowman were a common feature of english armies after Edward I conquered Wales. The shepherd bonus also suits Wales. So in one way at least the name Britons is used for one ancestor of the original Brythonic celts. The Bretons were known for archers, so perhaps they would be best suited to Britons as a civ as well.

It is worth noting that the Scots and Irish were never referred to as Britons, because they were not from Brittania (modern Great Britain). The Scots invaded Pictland from northern Ireland, and are gaelic celts, not brythonic celts.