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.
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.
In the corners stood carboys of acid in wicker baskets.
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.