La Tene culture was an Iron Age culture of Celtic-speaking peoples in Europe, named after an archaeological site at the end of Lake Neuchatel in Switzerland, where a large number of objects were found from the 1850s. It followed the Hallstatt culture and spread across much of France, Central Europe and, later, Britain and Ireland. It is known for its elegant metalwork, decorated with flowing, curved patterns, which is called Celtic art, including swords, shields, brooches and torcs. The Celts of this time lived in fortified settlements known as oppida and traded with the Greeks and Etruscans, and later with Rome. The culture came to an end as the Roman Empire conquered much of the Celtic lands, most famously in Julius Caesar's campaigns in Gaul.
Before and after
- 466 BCEDiscovery of Halley's Comet
- 460 BCEBirth of Hippocrates
- 456 BCEDeath of Aeschylus
- c. 451 BCEThe Twelve Tables, Rome's first written law
- from 450 BCE to 15 CELa Tène culture
- c. 449 BCEConstruction of the Temple of Hephaestus
- from 448 BCE to 433 BCEConstruction of the Parthenon begins
- 445 BCEBirth of Aristophanes
- from 431 BCE to 404 BCEPeloponnesian War
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