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Brennus
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- Reign
- fl. 4th century BCE
- Born
- 5th century BCE, Gaul
- Died
- Death date and location unknown
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Encyclopedic overview
ReligionCeltic paganism OccupationChieftain, war leader
Brennus (or Brennos) was a Gallic chieftain of the Senones. In c. 387 BC he defeated the Romans at the Battle of the Allia. Later that year, he led an army of Cisalpine Gauls in their attack on Rome and captured most of the city, holding it for several months. Brennus's sack of Rome was the only time in 800 years the city was occupied by a non-Roman army before the fall of the city to the Germanic Visigoths in 410 AD.
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