Quote Originally Posted by Dale Seago View Post

And no, we don't know what language the Picts spoke with absolute certainty; but there seem to be some pretty cogent arguments going around that it was very likely a "P-Celtic" language. This book actually approaches that possibility from the direction of a genetic study more than, as you might expect, archeology/cultural anthropology/philology.
The image of the Picts as primitive, dark little Neolithic chaps is apparently derived from Robert E. Howard's "Conan" and "Bran mak Morn" stories!
As Dale states, current academic thought leans towards the Picts as being P-Celtic speaking Celts (not Q-Celtic Gaels) fairly indistinguishable from the British tribes to their south.
My son saw "The Eagle" over the weekend and was pretty much underwhelmed, but I still want to go...!