Editing Scythed chariot (section)

===Celtic Britain and Ireland===
Regarding the [[Roman conquest of Britain]], contemporary Roman geographer [[Pomponius Mela]] mentions: 
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They make war not only on horseback but also from 2 horse chariots and cars armed in the Gallic fashion – they call them covinni – on which they use axles equipped with scythes.<ref>Pomponius Mela, 3,52  (c. 44 AD).</ref>
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There is no accepted archaeological evidence concerning scythed chariots. There are some large heavy scythe blades from late Roman Britain which are too unwieldy for a man to use.
[[File:Scythed chariot by da Vinci.jpg|thumb|Da Vinci's Scythed Chariot]]
However, a scythed chariot appears in The Cattle-Raid of Cooley ([[Táin Bó Cúailnge]]), the central epic of the Ulster cycle of [[Early Irish literature]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/Cooley/ScythedChariot.html|title=The Scythed Chariot|website=adminstaff.vassar.edu|accessdate=Mar 15, 2023}}</ref>