They protected themselves in battle with a large wooden or wicker shield, the centre of which was ornamented with an iron boss (umbo).
The deck was furnished with wicker furniture, two chairs facing each other and a sofa with a coffee table in front of it.
In the corners stood carboys of acid in wicker baskets.
Scattered over the country were numerous small hamlets, composed mainly of wicker cabins, among which were some which might be called houses; other hamlets were composed of huts of the rudest kind.
They carried double-edged swords and short daggers for use hand to hand, the steel of which was hardened b y being buried underground; their defensive armour was a light Gallic shield or a round wicker buckler, and greaves of felt round their legs.