pre-Roman

British  

adjective

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

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Example Sentences

When Mr. Robb converted Ptolemy’s 11-to-20 ratio to a 4-to-3 ratio derived from “the angle of the rising sun of the summer solstice in southern England,” the “strangely well-oiled doors of a new Old World opened up,” revealing the map of the pre-Roman isles.

From The Wall Street Journal

"What is new in this study- is that we went a step further, and by combining the obtained data with known historical and archaeological information, we managed to propose a historical context, for both the unique Särdal plano-convex ingot and the rod ingots from the Iława Lakeland area in northeastern Poland. Given the astonishing similarity of the metal composition in all those artifacts we also manage to strengthen earlier hypotheses about contacts and networking in the Baltic area during the Nordic pre-Roman Iron Age," says Serena Sabatini.

From Science Daily

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

In the Garn Goch car park, a group of walkers from Dover said they found the trail on a hiking app but had no idea it was once a cultural and religious centre for pre-Roman Celts.

From BBC

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