Iron age Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons
  2. noun (classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world

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  1. . (a) (Myth.) The age following the golden, silver, and bronze ages, and characterized by a general degeneration of talent and virtue, and of literary excellence. In Roman literature the Iron Age is commonly regarded as beginning after the taking of Rome by the Goths, A. D. 410. (b) (Archæol.) That stage in the development of any people characterized by the use of iron implements in the place of the more cumbrous stone and bronze.

Webster 1913