Picts

The term Picts refers to a group of tribes that lived in northwestern Europe. Mediterranean classical-era writers named the Pictish lands Caledonia, which is now part of Scotland. This area can be found north of the River Forth in northern Britain.

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Pict first appears in a panegyric written by Eumenius in 297 AD. Although Picti is usually assumed to mean painted or tattooed (as in Latin), the term may have a Celtic origin. The Goidelic Celts called the Picts cruithne (e.g. Old Irish cru(i)then-t?ath, based on the Old Irish root cruth) and the Brythonic Celts knew them as prydyn (e.g. Early Welsh *kwriteno-teut?, or the more modern pryd), whence Britain.

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Europe: :This article is about the continent. For other meanings, see Europe (disambiguation)....

Caledonia: :This article is about Caledonia as name for part of Britain and for Scotland. For other uses please see Caledonia (disambiguation)....

Scotland: :For other uses, see Scotland (disambiguation). See also British Isles (terminology)....