Facts About the Picts, the Scottish Tribe That Gave the Romans Hell

"Forgive thy enemies, but remember the bastards name!" Scottish proverb

"Located in northern England and southern Scotland" Shows a picture of Rosshire in the western highlands 🤦‍♂️

They actually resided mainly In north-east Scotland, at least that’s what modern archeology and scholarly publications tell us.

Picts are not generally known to come from north England and/or southern Scotland. Commonly connected to North East Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Fife region. Pictish carved stones all over these areas

1. Picts were located in what is now Aberdeenshire (North Eastern Scotland, not in the South) - early battles between picts and Romans were North of the central belt at the foot of the Grampian mountains/Firth of Forth 2. Picts did accept Christianity, gradually of course as was the case with the rest of the British Isles; Ireland and to an extent, the west of Scotland were under Christian influence from Isle of Iona and Ireland, the East (where the Picts were largely culturally separated from the West due to a vast mountain/highland range) was introduced to Christianity by Saint Colombo (famous chronicle of him baptizing Picts on the banks of Loch Ness, after one of their companions was killed by a mysterious "monster" - not kidding, its the earliest "mentioning" of the Loch Ness Monster) Problem with sources is what makes the Picts so mysterious, great vid :)

King Kenneth MacAlpin was the son of a Pictish princess. That's why he was able to unify the Scots and Picts against a common enemy, the Vikings. The Scots absorbed the Picts, and that's how the Pictish culture disappeared from history.

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i'd like to see some more uploads on scottish lore, similar to your roman weird history playlist

Piling heavy rocks on a grave is usually done to prevent animals digging up the corpse.

I would love to see a video about the history of bowling. It's such a well-known sport, yet there really aren't any in-depth videos about the history of bowling.

Love history videos about my country 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I live near a Roman castle and wall, it’s obviously long gone now but still quite interesting to visit the area and think about how romans once lived and died there

The tartan didnt have as much significance as it does today but the pattern & colors were clan specific. They went out of their way to ONLY use dye made from plants etc in that clans lands. Which acts as camouflage in your lands as well as identifies what lands you hail from.

Just to note, Scots Gaelic is pronounce “gah-lik” - Irish counterpart is pronounced “gae-lik”

Im an Aber prefix, my last name is historically one of the oldest Scottish names, and a genealogy test showed I’m likely related to the Picts… It’s sad that most of what we know about them is passive information, from their artifacts and the written word of their enemies. I love learning about them and their intricate symbols.

Every time I watch one of the Weird History videos, I learn something.

The Pictones sounds like a boy band from the 50’s

Some Picts may have converted during marriage for a truce alliance, and it was only temporary. Hence being called apostates. Just because a leader made a connection, doesnt mean the people supported it 60yrs later ie. And clergy with a grudge, are gonna write. Would love sources of images used! I grew up seeing many of these in books throughout life.

Just discovered your channel and I can’t stop watching it lol . You do a great job of explaining things in 15 min or less with video not easy to do

Could you do a video on the Gauls

First time I ever heard the term Woad was on King Arthur (2004). I had no idea it was real term 😮