Chronology

Late Bronze Age
About -1300 Closure of Hallstatt salt mines. Cremation becomes the main funerary rite (fields of urns)
-1200 La Croizette and Le Terrage cemeteries at Acy-Romance
First Iron Age or Hallstatt period
-800 A few cremation tombs at Le Terrage near Acy-Romance
-900/-800 Rapid increase in the number of fortifications in mainland Europe
Vers -600 Central Mediterranean towns adopt a quasi state structure: the Etruscan confederation, the Gallic peoples of southern France
-600/-500 Ten princely residences become important financial and political centres or principalities, from Burgundy to Wurttemberg
Second Iron Age: 450– 260 Early La Tène culture
-450/-400 Burial ground at Le Terrage at Acy-Romance, La Noue de Barue settlement
Vers -600 Marseille (Massalia) founded by Greeks from Phocaea
-600/-550 First inscriptions in the Celtic language at Sesto Calende (Northern Italy)
Vers -500 Burial of the Vix princess (Côte-d’Or)
-400 The Gauls invade northern Italy
-396 The Gauls cross the Alps, commanded by Ambigat, king of the Bituriges (Sénons, Andes, Insubres and Boii)
-390 Rome captured by the Gauls
-386 Defeat of the Romans by the Sénon on the Allia. 30,000 Celts led by Brennos occupy Rome
-310 A Gallic army invades Thrace
-278 The Gallic army commanded by Brennos sacks Delphi
-280 Celtic expedition to Macedonia and Greece
Second Iron Age: 260-150 BC middle La Tène
Vers -180 The village of Acy-Romance established at La Warde / Les Carrières
-225/-222 Roman conquest of Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy)
-217 Hannibal defeats the Romans at Lake Trasimeno thanks to his Gallic allies
About -150 Constitution of an Arvern empire in central Gaul.
Second Iron Age: 150-30 late La Tène
About -200 Cremation cemeteries at La Noue Mauroy, La Noue de Barue, La Croizette and La Noue Baudoin
-180/-30 The Gallic village at Acy-Romance and the sacred site at Nanteuil-sur-Aisne, Le Népellier »
-125/-121 Roman conquest of southern Gaul
-113 Start of the invasion of western Europe by the Cimbri and Teutones
About -120 Creation of the Nandin oppidum at Château-Porcien
About -80 The village at Acy-Romance begins to decline. Development of the oppidum at Château-Porcien and the sacred site at Nanteuil-sur-Aisne.
-58 Start of the Gallic Wars – The Remi swear an oath of allegiance to Caesar
-57 Battle of the Aisne. Caesar crushes the Belgic alliance at Berry-au-Bac.
-52 Defeat of the Gallic army led by Vercingétorix at Alésia. The Gauls' chieftain is captured by Julius Caesar

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