![The Roman Iron Age in northern Europe lasted from roughly the 1st-4th centuries BCE. This period is marked by a massive influx in Roman wares such as silver coins, and bronze, glass, and silver tableware. Contact with Romans also influenced a number of technological advances, notably an increase in the size of farm animals as well as the introduction of many new species of domesticated animal and plant.
[Picture: Roman glassware found in Denmark dated to the Iron Age.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx04gwdbXq1r39k3oo1_1280.jpg)
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The Roman Iron Age in northern Europe lasted from roughly the 1st-4th centuries BCE. This period is marked by a massive influx in Roman wares such as silver coins, and bronze, glass, and silver tableware. Contact with Romans also influenced a number of technological advances, notably an increase in the size of farm animals as well as the introduction of many new species of domesticated animal and plant.
[Picture: Roman glassware found in Denmark dated to the Iron Age.]
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