The period of time before the Roman invasion, from about 700 BC to AD 43. It is traditionally divided into early, middle and late.
In Britain, the period from about 700 BC to AD 43 – following the Bronze Age and before the Roman period – when the working and use of iron gradually becomes evident. It is characterised in Britain by the construction of large fortified hillforts and the full exploitation of the landscape with numerous farmsteads and extensive field systems. See also ages.
(archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons
(classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world
The period of prehistory between the Bronze Age and the Roman invasion of Britain in about 50 CE. An age when iron was preferred to bronze for the manufacture of weapons and tools.
Final period of prehistory, beginning around 500 BC and lasting into the early centuries of the first millennium AD. Iron superseded bronze as popular material for the manufacture of tools and weapons
A time period covering the years from about 700 BC to 50 AD. The Iron Age lies between the Bronze Age and the Roman Invasion. In Europe the Iron Age is characterised by the introduction of Iron tools and weapons. Iron Age people became increasingly territorial and defended their settlements from attack. The most distinctive monument type of the period is the hillfort. These forts usually defend a natural promontory with one or more series of ditches, banks and ramparts.
A period of Prehistory from around 700BC to 43AD
The era when iron was first used. In Minor Asia and the Mediterranean it was from c 1200 BC until classical antiquity, ie until c 600-300 BC. But in the Nordic/Scandinavian area it was from c 500 BC until the end of the Viking Age (c 1050 AD). Roughly the Nordic Iron Age ended with the introduction of Christianity.
The Iron Age in Sussex covers the period between the Bronze Age (2500 - 700BC) and the time the Romans arrived (AD43). This era saw the use of iron replace bronze and is divided into three distinct intervals - early, middle and late.
1000BC-100 AD. In this period the climate began to get worse, and there was a shortage of good land. The first fortified settlements, called hillforts, were built. Iron was used for tools and weapons, and people traded with mainland Europe.
The period between the collapse of the Late Bronze Age (c.1180 BC) and the establishment of Roman Rule in Asia Minor.
Period of human history after the Bronze Age, characterized by the development of iron and the use of this technology. The dates of the Iron Age vary considerably from one region to another.