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Brennus
Chieftain (regulus) of the Senonian Gauls who crushed Rome at the Allia, sacked the city, and exacted the thousand-pound gold ransom, flinging his sword on the scales with the cry 'vae victis.'
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 5 §38 Brennus, chieftain of the Gauls
Chieftain (regulus) of the Senonian Gauls who crushed Rome at the Allia, sacked the city, and exacted the thousand-pound gold ransom, flinging his sword on the scales with the cry 'vae victis.'
- The History of Rome, Book 38 §12 Brennus
Gaulish leader of the great migration; here the chief from whom Lonorius and Lutarius seceded.