5th Century BC
Year | Date | Event |
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500 | Further development of strong Central European (Celtic) influences and migrations in western Iberia north of the Tagus river. | |
Development of a second Castro Village culture in Galicia and northern Portugal. | ||
The Celtic Calaicians or Gallaeci inhabit all the region above the Douro river (modern Galicia and northern Portugal). | ||
First mint of coins and use of money in the Iberian peninsula. | ||
The Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus cites the word Iberia to designate what is now the Iberian peninsula, according to ancient Greek custom. | ||
Urban bloom of Tartessian influenced Tavira. |
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