Iron Age Britons

Iron Age Britons appears on the timeline as a people or culture of British Isles (Europe) from c. 800 BCE to 43 CE, a span of 842 years. Its people spoke Celtic languages (Gaulish, Irish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Breton).

Brittonic-speaking tribes such as the Catuvellauni, Iceni and Brigantes, who built hillforts like Maiden Castle and later minted coins. Caesar raided them in 55 and 54 BCE.

See Iron Age Britons on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

c. 800 BCE to 43 CE

Duration

842 years

Type

People or culture

Region

British Isles, Europe

Language family

Celtic

Came from

• Middle and Late Bronze Age Britain c. 1500 to 800 BCE

Became

• Roman Britain 43 to 410 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 776 BCE First Olympic Games
• 753 BCE Traditional founding of Rome
• 508 BCE Athenian democracy
• 480 BCE Battle of Salamis
• 334 BCE Alexander invades Persia
• 218 BCE Hannibal crosses the Alps
• 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar
• 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

Neighbours in Europe

• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Greek city-states c. 800 to 338 BCE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Athens 508 to 322 BCE
• Empire of Alexander the Great 336 to 323 BCE
• Sparta c. 900 to 192 BCE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Etruscan civilization c. 720 to 90 BCE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Kingdom of Macedon c. 700 to 168 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Neo-Assyrian Empire 911 to 609 BCE, Middle East
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia
• Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 to 30 BCE, North and West Africa
• Achaemenid Empire 550 to 330 BCE, Middle East
• Western Han 202 BCE to 9 CE, East Asia
• Eastern Han 25 to 220 CE, East Asia

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