[tieze]

fun fact: the name Britain comes from 'painted people' or 'tattooed people' given by Ceasar as he descended upon the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_(place_name).

That author is just not aware of his heritage.

[lolc]

Hey now I was just complaining when I'm unexpectedly getting something interesting back :-)

Do we know how they painted themselves back then?

[dsr_]

Woad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isatis_tinctoria

[lallysingh]

Half-face painted blue?

[lolc]

Is that a joke? I don't know enough about the topic.

[DoreenMichele]

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=mel+gibson+face+half+bl...

Braveheart was (loosely) based on real events.

[NeedMoreTea]

Very loosely - some names were shared and that's about it. One of the most historically inaccurate films of all time, and completely mutilates Wallace's memory. There's an extensive inaccuracy section on Wikipedia. I wouldn't dare mention it to my Scottish friends. :)

[weberc2]

Your link indicates that it predates Caesar by a good while.