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Hallstatt and La Tene metalwork, and the monnaies a la croix (the ‘Tectosages cross’)variants of which also turn up in southern Germany; the connections of Provence aremore with the Swiss plateau (p.177). This latter fact may serve to explain the reasonwhy, under pressure from German intruders, the Helvetti chose to migrate toward the Bayof Biscay in the time of Caesar.However, many of the same tribal names pertaining to the migrations of circa 400 BCwere present at the time of Caesar in the middle of the 1 st Century BC, occurring withinthe broad territory stretching from the Marne south to the Massif Central and from theRhone to the Middle Loire Valley (Cunliffe, 1997, p.75). There are a number of reportsof large areas of the ancient homelands being abandoned (confirmed by thearchaeological record). However, after the defeat at Delphi in 279 BC, many Celtsappear to have turned westward and returned to their old haunts, and as well pushedfurther west where there is found, the sudden appearance of La Tene material in the27

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