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The Celts inhabited large areas of Europe from the [[Danube]] to the [[Rhine]] and [[Rhone]] during the [[6th century BC|6th]] to [[1st century BC|1st centuries BC]], a period sometimes referred to as [[La Tène]] after a site in [[Switzerland]] where continental Celtic remains were first discovered. It was around [[100 BC]] that the [[Treveri]], one of the [[Celtic tribes]], came into a period of prosperity. They constructed a number of settlements or ''oppida'' near the [[Moselle]] valley in what is now southern [[Luxembourg]], western [[Germany]] and eastern [[France]].<ref>[http://130.91.80.97:591/PDFs/45-1/The%20Celts%20and%20Urbanization.pdf Elizabeth Hamilton: The Celts and Urbanization - the Enduring Puzzle of the ''Oppida'']. Retrieved 21 November 2007.</ref> Titelberg was by far the largest of the Treveri settlements, no doubt as a result of its proximity to two of the most important Celtic roads, one from the south connecting the Rhone to the upper Moselle and the north, the other leading to [[Reims]] and the west. Another attraction wasthewas the [[iron ore]] which could be mined in the immediate vicinity.