By the beginning of the second century b.c.e., the Celtic expansion, which encompassed lands from Asia Minor to the British Isles, was waning. In Austria, southern Germany, and western Hungary, the fierce and warlike Celts, who spoke Indo-European languages later classified as Celtic, were beginning to feel the force of Rome. By the middle of the first century b.c.e., when the Roman legions marched into western Europe, many of the old Celtic hill forts had been replaced by newly established... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2020. 3p.