SchoolNet Digital Collections Timeline 800 - 500 B.C. Hallstatt period. Named after Hallstatt in Austria. The people of this area shared a common Celtic language, religion and lifestyle. 500 - 100 A.D. La Tene Period. Named after La Tene in Switzerland.
Period is famous for the advent of the two-wheeled chariot.
The chariot was often used in war and is indicative of a battle ready people. B.C. The celts imposed their language and customs on the native people of these areas. The culture was lost in Britain due to the advance of the Roman Empire but the Gaelic Celts of Ireland remained. 100 Establishment in Ireland. The Gaels of Ireland governed by kings, a druidic religion and the Ogham writing and law system.