the Allia

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §37 the river Allia

  Small tributary of the Tiber about eleven miles from Rome where the Gauls crushed the Roman army in 390 BC; the day (dies Alliensis) became a byword for catastrophe.

• The History of Rome, Book 6 §1 the Day of the Allia

  The river eleven miles from Rome where the Gauls crushed the army (390 BC); the anniversary (dies Alliensis) was marked, by senatorial decree, as a day of ill omen for all public and private business.

• The History of Rome, Book 7 §13 the Allia

  The stream eleven miles from Rome where the Gauls crushed the army in 390 BC, the byword for Roman disaster Tullius recalls.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §59 Allia

  The stream where the Gauls routed Rome in 390 BC before sacking the city.

• The History of Rome, Book 38 §13 Allia

  The river north of Rome where the Gauls routed the Romans in 390 BC, the proverbial Roman disaster.