Defining Celtic culture
Historians once centered the Celtic world primarily on the central and
northern La Tène culture, with archaeological evidence of settlement
across a territory extending from Ireland to the northern Balkans. Today,
drawing on linguistic similarities, historians include various peoples
outside the La Tène zone as Celts, such as those from the Iberian Peninsula.
Known as Celtiberians, they were from what is now Spain and Portugal.
Rome
La Tène
Culture’s defining site
Major site
Vix
Where Celtic languages
are spoken today
City (modern name)
Roma
(Rome)
North
Sea
Glauberg
Heuneburg
Hohenasperg
Munich
Vix
Black Sea
Hallstatt
Atlantic
Ocean
La Tène
Lugdunum
(Lyon)
Byzantium
(İstanbul)
Ancyra
(Ankara)
Roma
(Rome)
Massalia
(Marseille)
Numantia
Delphi
300 mi
300 km
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Defining Celtic culture
Historians once centered the Celtic
world primarily on the central and
northern La Tène culture, with
archaeological evidence of
settlement across a territory
extending from Ireland to the
northern Balkans. Today, drawing
on linguistic similarities, historians
include various peoples outside the
La Tène zone as Celts, such as those
from the Iberian Peninsula. Known
as Celtiberians, they were from
what is now Spain and Portugal.
Rome
Where Celtic languages
are spoken today
La Tène
Culture’s defining site
Major site
City (modern name)
Roma
(Rome)
North
Sea
Munich
Black
Sea
Hallstatt
La Tène
Lugdunum
(Lyon)
Roma
(Rome)
Delphi
300 mi
300 km
NGM Maps