| − | The '''Picts''' were ancient inhabitants of [[Scotland]] whose forebears probably came from the [[European]] continent around 1000 B.C.<ref>The name "Pict" is not the native name of the people, which remains unknown today, but is rather the name given to them by the Romans</ref> Their confederation of tribes in northern Scotland eventually ran from Fife to Caithness. The Picts were in general agrarian, living in small communities, similar in culture to most other celts including Pagan animistic polytheism. In 843 A.D. they united with the kingdom of the Scots and were assimilated into the Scottish nation. | + | The '''Picts''' were a people who lived in what is now north-eastern [[Scotland]] in the Early Middle Ages. Their confederation of tribes in northern Scotland eventually ran from Fife to Caithness. The Picts were in general agrarian, living in small communities, similar in culture to most other celts including Pagan animistic polytheism. In 843 A.D. they united with the kingdom of the Scots and were assimilated into the Scottish nation. |