Livy, in his fifth book, portrays this defeat as the consequence of Roman impiety, and its immediate cause was the appearance of Roman noblemen on the Etruscan side against a barbarian army that then turned south, slaughtered an unprepared Roman army at this battle, then sacked and burned Rome, an act ostensibly avenged by Camillus.
Livy, in his fifth book, portrays this defeat as the consequence of Roman impiety, and its immediate cause was the appearance of Roman noblemen on the Etruscan side against a barbarian army that then turned south, slaughtered an unprepared Roman army at this battle, then sacked and burned Rome, an act ostensibly avenged by Camillus. FTP, name this great but largely legendary victory of the Gauls under Brennus in 390 BC, named for a small river east of Rome.
Livy, in his fifth book, portrays this defeat as the consequence of Roman impiety, and its immediate cause was the appearance of Roman noblemen on the Etruscan side against a barbarian army that then turned south, slaughtered an unprepared Roman army at this battle, then sacked and burned Rome, an act ostensibly avenged by Camillus.
The Battle of the Allia