c. 390 BCE
Gauls defeat Rome at the Allia and sack the city
Senonian Gauls under Brennus crush a Roman army at the Allia and occupy Rome until paid off. Tradition says 390 BCE; Polybius's chronology gives c. 387. Later accounts embroider the story.
c. 390 BCE
Senonian Gauls under Brennus crush a Roman army at the Allia and occupy Rome until paid off. Tradition says 390 BCE; Polybius's chronology gives c. 387. Later accounts embroider the story.