HI121 Lecture 8: The First Time Rome Fell November 7, 2017
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The first time rome fell: the celts had an incredible army in the classical period. Celtic culture: an archeological perspective: bell beaker culture, unfield culture (bronze age, comes with a specific type of homes, tools, weapons, increased fortification, hill top, hallstatt culture (1000 800 bc) 7 november 2017: rome does defeat the senones. Soldiers of fortune: the celts in the third century: 279bce invasion of macedonia, death of ptolemy ceraunos; brennus and the sack of delphi, antigonatus gonatus and the celtic mercenaries; niceomedes of bythnia and the. The celts are not just important in british isles, they were huge in the mediterranean. The edge of the world roman britain and its neighbours. Prehistoric britain: two geographical zones, lowlands and highlands, highland tribes were pastoral had larger ranges for their herds, source of cultural change, continental or local, the question of migration, greek traders. Iron age a (hallstatt), b (la tene), c (last century bce: britain has tin, they attract traders.
