The green area is the Przeworsk culture in the first half of the 3rd century. Przeworsk (פּרשעוואָרסק- Pshevorsk) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 15713 inhabitants (2004 The 3rd century is the period from 201 to 300 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. The red area is the extent of the Wielbark culture, the yellow area is a Baltic culture (Yotvingian?), and the pink area is the Dębczyn culture. Wielbark culture also known as Willenberg culture (Wielbark/Willenberg-Kultur Kultura wielbarska Вельбарська культура ( Vel’bars’ka kul’tura Yotvingians or Sudovians (also called Suduvians, Jatvians, or Jatvingians in English (Jotvingiai Sūduviai Jatvingi Jaćwingowie Яцьвягі The Pre-Roman Iron Age of Northern Europe ( 5th / 4th century BC - 1st century BC) designates the earliest part of the Iron Age in Scandinavia The dark blue area is the Roman Empire

The expansion of the Germanic tribes 750 BC – AD 1 (after the Penguin Atlas of World History 1988):       Settlements before 750BC       New settlements until 500BC       New settlements until 250BC       New settlements until AD 1

The Przeworsk culture is part of an Iron Age archaeological complex that dates from the 2nd century BC to the 4th century. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Przeworsk (פּרשעוואָרסק- Pshevorsk) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 15713 inhabitants (2004 This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age for the mythological Iron Age see Ages of Man. The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century It was located in what is now central and southern Poland and parts of eastern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia ranging between the Oder and the middle and upper Vistula Rivers into the headwaters of the Dnestr and Tisza Rivers. Carpathian Ruthenia, aka Transcarpathian Ruthenia, Rusinko Subcarpathian Rus, Subcarpathia ( Rusyn and Ukrainian The Oder (known in Czech and Polish as Odra) is a River in Central Europe. The Dniester (Дністер translit Dnister; Nistru is a river in Eastern Europe. "Tisa" redirects here For other uses see Tisa (disambiguation and Tisza (disambiguation. It takes its name from the village near the town Przeworsk where the first artefacts were found. Przeworsk (פּרשעוואָרסק- Pshevorsk) is a town in south-eastern Poland with 15713 inhabitants (2004

The immediately preceding Pomeranian culture occupied this same area. The Pomeranian culture was an Iron Age culture in Poland. It grew out of the Kashubian group of the Lusatian culture in the 7th century B To the east, in what is now northern part of Ukraine and southern Belarus, was the Zarubintsy culture, to which it is linked as a larger archaeological complex. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Belarus ( Belarusian Беларусь / Biełaruś is a Landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east The Zarubintsy culture was one of the major Archaeological cultures which flourished in the area north of the Black Sea along the upper Dnieper and In the east and to the north of the Zarubintsy culture was the Chernoles culture, which is usually identified as a very early Slavic community, representing a stage near to Proto-Slavic. The Chernoles culture is an Iron Age archaeological unit dating ca

At its northeastern edge, the Goths developed the Wielbark culture along the lower and middle Vistula. The Goths ( Gothic: Gothic usvg|14px|u]]Gothic asvg|14px|a]]Gothic s Wielbark culture also known as Willenberg culture (Wielbark/Willenberg-Kultur Kultura wielbarska Вельбарська культура ( Vel’bars’ka kul’tura To the northeast of the Goths, there was a Baltic (and likely Baltic-speaking) culture, perhaps the Aesti. The Balts or Baltic peoples (People who live by the Baltic Sea) defined as speakers of one of the Baltic languages, a branch of the Indo-European The Baltic languages are a group of related languages belonging to the Indo-European language family and spoken mainly in areas extending east and southeast of the Baltic The Aesti (or Aestii) were a people described by the Roman historian Tacitus in his treatise Germania (ca

Roman-era writers report this area as being occupied by Veneti as well as Lugians, to the South. The Vistula Veneti (alternatively also called the Baltic Veneti) were an ancient Indo-European people living in contemporary Poland, along the rivers of For Polish place-names see Ługi. The Lugii, Lugi, Lygii, Ligii, Lugiones, Lygians A substantial effort has been expended in the past to characterize the latter as an early Slavic-speaking community. The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages Modern thinking, however, leans towards assigning the culture to an association of tribes of proto-Slavic, proto-Germanic or Celtic origin. The early Burgundians occupied portions of the area towards the end of this cultural period. The Burgundians or Burgundes were an East Germanic tribe which may have emigrated from mainland Scandinavia to the island of Bornholm, whose The Veneti who were later slavicised(see Relation between Veneti and Slavs) were found exactly here. The Vistula Veneti (alternatively also called the Baltic Veneti) were an ancient Indo-European people living in contemporary Poland, along the rivers of The Vistula Veneti (alternatively also called the Baltic Veneti) were an ancient Indo-European people living in contemporary Poland, along the rivers of

See also

• Lendians

Sources

• JP Mallory, "Przeworsk culture", Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. The Lendians (Lędzianie were a Lechitic tribe recorded to have inhabited the ill-defined area in East Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia between the James Patrick Mallory is an Irish-American archaeologist and Indo-Europeanist.
• The Goths in Greater Poland, Tadeusz Makiewicz