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The Celts and the La Tène culture in Europe
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A Celtic settlement
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A bracelet made of glass from the 5th century BC (La Tène)

The La Tène culture existed from about 500 BC to about 100 AD. Named after a town in Switzerland near Neuchâtel, it was greatly influenced by the Roman and the Greek cultures. There are two sources for this:

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  • Romans and Greeks came in contact with the culture and called them Celts, usually. They wrote about them, most notably Julius Caesar's "On the Gallic War" (De bello gallico).

The Celts basically lived in clans, which were led by leaders, the druids and the bards. Women were much better off than under the Romans and were of a similar status to men. There were both polygyny (a man could have several women) and polyandry (a woman could have several men).

Images for kids

  • Hallstatt LaTene

    Overview of the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures. The core Hallstatt territory (800 BC) is shown in solid yellow, the area of influence by 500 BC (HaD) in light yellow. The core territory of the La Tène culture (450 BC) is shown in solid green, the area of La Tène influence by 50 BC in light green. The territories of some major Celtic tribes are labelled. Map drawn after Atlas of the Celtic World, by John Haywood (2001: 30–37).

  • Parade helmet

    Agris Helmet, France

  • Hallein, Keltenmuseum, 07

    Swords and helmets from Hallein, Austria

  • Dôme aux dragons - Bronze gaulois de Roissy, dans le Lieu dit de La Fosse Cotheret (Val d'Oise)

    Bronze chariot fitting from Roissy, France

  • London - British Museum - 2453

    Detail of the Battersea Shield, insular late La Tène style

  • Latenium Celtic bridge mg 2221

    Reconstruction of one of the bridges at the La Tène site

  • Oppidium Manching Osttor Modell

    Manching oppidum, Germany, main gate

  • Head of druid from Mšecké Žehrovice, La Tène culture, NM Prague, 188090

    The Mšecké Žehrovice Head, Czech Republic

  • Manching model 1

    Manching oppidum, Germany

  • Manching model 2

    Manching oppidum

  • La Porte du Rebout, principal accès à l’oppidum de Bibracte au Ier s. av. notre ère. Porte et murs ont été reconstruits après la fouille selon la technique du murus gallicus. Nièvre, Morvan, Bourgogne, France

    Bibracte oppidum, France, outer walls

  • Bibracte, 1st century B.C

    Bibracte oppidum, illustration

  • Murus gallicus 1a

    Murus Gallicus

  • Celtic Oppidum 1st century B.C.

    Oppidum illustration

  • ÉvocationCérémonieÀTintignac

    Tintignac sanctuary, France

  • Mise en valeur du sanctuaire de Corent

    Corent oppidum sanctuary, France

  • Gergovie mur pano2

    Gergovia fortification wall remains, France

  • Avaricum westpoint july 2006

    Siege of Avaricum, France

  • Entremont

    Entremont oppidum, France

  • Maquette de l'oppidum celte du Mont-Vully (Laténium, Hauterive, Suisse)

    Mont Vully oppidum, Switzerland

  • MaquetteFermeDeVerberie2

    Gallic farm at Verberie, France

  • Maquette de la ferme du Patural, Musée Bargoin - vue de dessus

    Gallic farm at Le Patural, France

  • Vesontio oppidum

    Vesontio oppidum, France

  • Ringwall Otzenhausen

    Otzenhausen hillfort wall remains, Germany

  • Hradiste nad Zavisti CZ 01

    Site of the Zavist oppidum, Czech Republic

  • Ringwallanlage Dünsberg Digitales Geländemodell

    Dünsberg hillfort, Germany

  • Aerial photograph of Maiden Castle, 1935

    Maiden Castle hillfort, Britain

  • Keltendorf Schwarzenbach Niederösterreich Freiluftmuseum 02

    Schwarzenbach oppidum, Austria

  • Havránok - archeoskanzen keltského osídlenia - panoramio (1)

    Havranok, Slovakia

  • Heidengraben-6687

    Heidengraben oppidum, rampart, Germany.

  • Murus gallicus de Lyon Fourvière - Maquette de Nicolas Hirsch - Service Archéologique de la Ville de Lyon - Face avant de dessus

    Lyon Fourviere oppidum, France

See also

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