How the Ancient Picts Became Scottish Highlanders

In the annals of Scottish history, few stories are as captivating as the transformation of the ancient Picts into the Scottish Highlanders. The Picts, known primarily from Roman sources as 'Picti' or 'the Painted Ones', were a confederation of tribes that dominated what is now modern Scotland north of the Forth and Clyde. Their enigmatic presence, marked by distinct practices such as body painting or elaborate tattooing, has long been a subject of both academic intrigue and popular imagination.