Picts

Meaning

A race of people of uncertain origin, who inhabited Scotland in early times.

Examples

As Sally M. Foster noted, "Much ink has been spilt over what the ancient writers meant by Picts, but it seems to be a generic term for people living north of the Forth – Clyde isthmus who raided the Roman Empire." Source: Internet

Broun's Pictish Kings offers an alternative reconstruction, and one which has attracted considerable support, e.g. Clancy, "Iona in the kingdom of the Picts: a note", Woolf, Pictland to Alba, pp 57–67. Source: Internet

Assigned to Britain in 380, he defeated an incursion of the Picts and Scots in 381. The western emperor Gratian had become unpopular because of perceived favouritism toward Alans over Roman citizens. Source: Internet

Background Kenneth's origins are uncertain, as are his ties, if any, to previous kings of the Picts or Dál Riata. Source: Internet

Bede does later include an extended account of Saint Germanus 's victory over the Saxons and Picts in a mountain valley, Traditionally placed at Mold in Flintshire in northeast Wales. Source: Internet

Bede in the Ecclesiastical History, I, i, writes: "when any question should arise, they should choose a king from the female royal race, rather than the male: which custom, as is well known, has been observed among the Picts to this day." Source: Internet

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