192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This ambitious study documents the underlying features which link the civilizations of the Mediterranean - Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan and Roman - and the Iron Age cultures of central Europe, traditionally associated with the Celts. It deals with the social, economic and cultural interaction in the first millennium BC which culminated in the Roman Empire. The book has three principle themes: the... Read more
1 Attitudes to the Past 9 Population movement and ethnicity The Old Order 26 The origin of iron working 3 Reawakening in the East4 The Trade Explosion 5 The Tide Turns, 500–250 BC 6 The Economic Revival 7 The Roman Empire and Beyond
Biography
John Collis, Ambrose College. Universities of Sheffield, Leicester, Birmingham, and Nottingham.
'The strength of The European Iron Age is that the author manages to present a broad view of Phoenician, Greek, Etruscan and Roman civilizations of the era alongside the central European Iron Age cultures ... This is one of the rare books which succeeds in concisely covering an exceptionally wide scope without getting bogged down in the details.' - At the Edge
