Roman Iron Age (Scandinavia)

Roman Iron Age (Scandinavia) appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Scandinavia and the Baltic (Europe) from c. 1 to 400 CE, a span of 399 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Germanic chiefs in Denmark and Sweden traded with the Roman frontier for glass, silver and weapons, and sacrificed captured war gear in bogs. Runic writing appears in the 2nd century.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1 to 400 CE

Duration

399 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Scandinavia and the Baltic, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Came from

• Pre-Roman Iron Age (Scandinavia) c. 500 BCE to 1 CE

Became

• Migration and Vendel periods c. 400 to 793 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
• 313 Edict of Milan
• 330 Constantinople dedicated

Neighbours in Europe

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Roman Britain 43 to 410 CE
• Dacian Kingdom c. 82 BCE to 106 CE
• Western Roman Empire 395 to 476 CE
• San Marino c. 301 CE to the present
• Bosporan Kingdom c. 480 BCE to 370 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia
• Xiongnu Empire c. 209 BCE to 93 CE, Central and North Asia

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