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By this period a large area of Europe including north Italy, France, parts of Iberia and the British Isles, was dominated by Celtic culture. In 279 BCE, a group of Celts led by Brennus invaded Macedon and broke thru Thermopylae, looting Delphi before being driven off. A section of them crossed over into Anatolia the next year and the area where they were to settle became known as Galatia. The Scythians the nomads who had till then dominated the steppe area north of the Black Sea, were driven out of the Balkans by Celtic tribes around this period. They were to come under pressure from the related Sarmatians from the East to whom they gradually succumbed over the next 100 years.

By this period a large area of Europe including north [[Italy]], [[France]], parts of [[Iberia]] and the [[British Isles]], was dominated by [[Celtic]] culture. In 279 BCE, a group of Celts led by [[Brennus]] invaded [[Macedon]] and broke thru [[Thermopylae]], looting [[Delphi]] before being driven off. A section of them crossed over into [[Anatolia]] the next year and the area where they were to settle became known as [[Galatia]]. The [[Scythians]] the nomads who had till then dominated the steppe area north of the [[Black Sea]], were driven out of the [[Balkans]] by Celtic tribes around this period. They were to come under pressure from the related [[Sarmatians]] from the East to whom they gradually succumbed over the next 100 years.

Rome had been gradually completing the conquest of Italy and the only major city to hold out in the south was Tarentum. When Tarentum stumbled into war with Rome, in 282 BCE, it appealed to Pyrrhus of Epirus. Pyrrhus also attempted to drive out the Carthaginians from Sicily but was eventually defeated at Beneventum. In 264 BCE Rome went to war with Carthage and in the course of the First and Second Punic War Rome secured dominance in the Western Mediterranean despite Hannibal's invasion of Italy. Philip of Macedonia had allied with Hannibal and because of this Rome went to war with Macedonia in 200 BCE. The resulting Second Macedonian War broke Macedonian power in Hellas.

[[Rome]] had been gradually completing the conquest of Italy and the only major city to hold out in the south was Tarentum. When Tarentum stumbled into war with Rome, in 282 BCE, it appealed to Pyrrhus of Epirus. Pyrrhus also attempted to drive out the Carthaginians from Sicily but was eventually defeated at Beneventum. In 264 BCE Rome went to war with Carthage and in the course of the First and Second Punic War Rome secured dominance in the Western Mediterranean despite Hannibal's invasion of Italy. Philip of Macedonia had allied with Hannibal and because of this Rome went to war with Macedonia in 200 BCE. The resulting Second Macedonian War broke Macedonian power in Hellas.