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Celtic Peoples

Central and western Europe before Rome.

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Celtic Europe at its widest

275 BCE

Celtic-speaking peoples occupy much of Europe, before Rome and Germanic expansion push them west.

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The La Tène culture

450 BCE – 50 BCE

Celtic art at its most distinctive, spreading from Ireland to Anatolia.

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The Hallstatt culture

1,200 BCE – 450 BCE

Early Celtic society in central Europe, wealthy on salt and iron.

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Gold hats with a calendar built in

1,400 BCE

Conical gold ceremonial hats whose decoration encodes a lunisolar calendar.

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