Events from 800 BC

Hallstatt culture emerges - early Celtic Iron Age culture, salt mining wealth, elaborate burials

Hallstatt salt mining wealth - salt mining prosperity funds elaborate Celtic burials, traded across Europe

Homer describes wine culture - 'wine-dark sea,' proper mixing ratios, wine as civilized marker versus barbarism

Apollo's oracle formally established - first Pythia appointed, vapor-induced prophecies begin, becomes Panhellenic sanctuary