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====Nomads and Iron Age peoples====
{{Further|Anglo-Saxons|Celts}}

The Celts were a diverse group of [[tribal societies]] in [[Iron Age Europe]]. [[Proto-Celtic]] culture formed in the [[Early Iron Age]] in Central Europe ([[Hallstatt culture|Hallstatt]] period, named for the site in present-day Austria). By the later Iron Age ([[La Tène culture|La Tène]] period), Celts had expanded over wide range of lands: as far west as [[Ireland]] and the [[Iberian Peninsula]], as far east as [[Galatia]] (central [[Anatolia]]), and as far north as [[Scotland]].{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} By the early centuries AD, following the expansion of the Roman Empire and the Great Migrations of Germanic peoples, Celtic culture had become restricted to the [[British Isles]].{{sfn|Parker|2017|p=114}}

The [[Huns]] were a nomadic people who formed a large state in Eastern Europe by about AD 400, and under their leader [[Attila]], they fought against both sections of the Roman Empire. However, after Attila's death, the state fell apart and the Huns' influence in history disappeared.{{sfn|Parker|2017|p=111}} The [[Huns|Hun-Xiongnu]] connection is controversial at best and is often disputed but is also not completely discredited.{{sfn|Wright|2011|p=60}}{{sfn|de la Vaissière|2015|p=188}}

Migration of Germanic peoples to Britain from what is now northern [[Germany]] and southern [[Scandinavia]] is attested from the 5th century.{{sfn|Parker|2017|p=163}} Groups of [[Goths]] migrated into western Europe, with the [[Ostrogoths]] eventually settling in Italy before being conquered by the [[Lombards]].{{sfn|Parker|2017|p=162}} A related people, the [[Visigoths]], settled in Spain, founding a kingdom that lasted until it was conquered by Islamic rulers in the AD 700s.{{sfn|Parker|2017|p=163}}

Several Indo-european speaking peoples inhabited the [[Balkans|Balkan]] peninsula including the [[Thracians]] and [[Illyrians]], that were divided into many tribes. The first Illyrian tribe to create its own kingdom was the [[Enchelei]], which formed its own state around the 8th-7th century BC{{sfn|Šašel Kos|2004|p=500}} and reached the height of their power under king [[Bardylis]].{{sfn|Šašel Kos|2002|p=106|ps= "... Bardylis , the first attested Illyrian king..."}} The [[Ardiani]] were infamous for their piracy and [[Illyro-Roman Wars|wars against the Roman Empire]], for the [[Illyro-Roman Wars#First Illyrian War|first time between 229 BC-228 BC]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilkes |first=J. J. |title=The Illyrians |year=1992 |isbn=0-631-19807-5 |page=160|publisher=Wiley }}</ref> then for a [[Illyro-Roman Wars#Second Illyrian War|second time during 220 BC-219 BC]]<ref>Hannibal: A History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 B.C. by Theodore Ayrault Dodge, {{ISBN|0-306-80654-1}}, 1995, Page 164, "... Hannibal was anxious to make his descent on Italy before the Romans had got through with the Gallic and Illyrian wars. He had made many preparations to this end, not only in men and material, but in reconnoitring..."</ref> and for a [[Illyro-Roman Wars#Third Illyrian War|third time during 168 BC]].<ref>Battles of the Greek and Roman Worlds: A Chronological Compendium of 667 Battles to 31Bc, from the Historians of the Ancient World (Greenhill Historic Series) by John Drogo Montagu, {{ISBN|1-85367-389-7}}, 2000, page 47</ref>