What the records say
- When
- 390 BCE
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 41.89° N, 12.48° E
- Description
- 390 BCE sack
Sack of Rome (390 BC)
Gallic sack of Rome in 390 BC
The first sack of Rome was the consequence of the victory of the Senone Gauls led by Brennus over the Roman troops during the Battle of the Allia, a military success allowing them to occupy the city and demand the payment of a heavy ransom from the defeated Romans, but they were soon driven out from the city. The Sack of Rome has multiple accounts, including Polybius, Livy, Diodorus Siculus, Plutarch and Strabo.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite romaine à la bataille de l'Allia (date traditionnelle, ou 387) ; Rome est abandonnée sans défense et les restes de l'armée fuient à Véies”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page