Quote Originally Posted by SergeantFirstClass View Post
Some things to point out. The idea of a kilt then, though not documented is plausible. There is Roman documentatuion of the migrating Celts (Keltoi by the Greeks) wearing a type of tartan material, to include descriptions of this from Ceasar during his exploits in Gaul (as we all know from Gallic, which is Roman for Celt). This is my cited source:

Herm, Gerhard, The Celts: The People Who Came Out of the Darkness. New York, N.Y., St Martin’s Press, 1977.

He used the primary sources of Ceasar, a Roman named Livy and a number of others. Good reading by the way....He only mentioned the Tartan as a cloak though clasped with a brooch.
Tartan is a type of pattern woven in cloth. The kilt is a specific type of garment that is usually (though not exclusively) made from tartan cloth. The two are not the same. Julius Ceasar mentioning tartan cloth worn by the Gauls (in modern day France) does allow one to assume anything about the kilt. Tartan has been well documented archaeologically as being produced some 5000 years ago. But that has nothing to do with the kilt, which can only be documented, in any form, to just over 400 years ago. Let's not confuse the two.