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The Golden Age of the Celtic Aristocracy, 4^th and 3^rd c. B.C.
The expansion of the Celts reached its greatest extent in the 4^th and 3^rd centuries B.C., with the conquest of new territories on the margins of the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. This period is often underemphasized by historians because only the barbarian raids, and the rise of mercenary service in the fourth century B.C. are stressed, but not the contemporary pulses of colonization. In addition, Celtic society at that time was radically different from that found in coeval Mediterranean cultures. Imports from the south were much less common than in the previous centuries, and moves towards urbanization were abandoned. Celtic society became distinctly rural, with its craft industries, settlement and sanctuaries dispersed through the countryside. Although there are local variations, art and religion take on original and consistent characteristics. This was a society formed of peasants and warriors, dominated by large aristocratic families.