pre-Roman

British  

adjective

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

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Example Sentences

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

The river is deep, and, unless the broken causeway on the Surrey shore is regarded as the remains of British work, there is no trace of a pre-Roman track in the neighbourhood.

From The Historic Thames by Belloc, Hilaire