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According to Roman sources, Celtic Druids engaged extensively in human sacrifice.

According to Julius Caesar, the slaves and dependents of Gauls of rank would be burnt along with the body of their master as part of his funerary rites.

He also describes how they built wicker figures that were filled with living humans and then burned.

According to Cassius Dio, Boudica's forces impaled Roman captives during her rebellion against the Roman occupation, to the accompaniment of revelry and sacrifices in the sacred groves of Andate.

Different gods reportedly required different kinds of sacrifices.

Victims meant for Esus were hanged, those meant for Taranis immolated and those for Teutates drowned.

Some, like the Lindow Man, may have gone to their deaths willingly.