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pre-Roman

British  

adjective

  1. of or relating to the period before the founding of ancient Rome

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Celtic culture of the pre-Roman Iron Age in Western and Central Europe has left numerous traces to this day, not least in the form of enormous burial mounds and spectacular archaeological artifacts.

From Science Daily Jun. 3, 2024

He mostly divided his time between his birthplace and Brescia, a pre-Roman city 75 miles east, with sojourns on to Venice.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2023

Catalin Draghici, a historian and coordinator of Historia Renascita, a group that organizes reenactments from pre-Roman and Roman times in Romania, described the festival near Resca as a “practical history lesson.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 24, 2022

The Etruscans were an early pre-Roman civilization that lasted until 27 B.C.

From Fox News Oct. 17, 2021

An account of Roman and pre-Roman castella in Britain will be found under Britain.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

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