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Topic: Battle of the Allia


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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rome
In 390 the Romans were defeated by the Gauls near the River Allia; a few days later the city was taken and set on fire, and after the Gauls had departed it was rebuilt without plan or rule.
Cumillus, the dictator, reorganized the army and, after long resistance to the change, at last consented that one of the consuls should be a plebeian.
The battle of Pharsalia (48) decided the issue; in 45 Cæsar was already thinking of establishing monarchical government; his assassination (44) could do no more than delay the movement towards monarchy.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13164a.htm   (14300 words)

  
 ALLIA - LoveToKnow Article on ALLIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It gave its name to the terrible defeat which the Romans suffered at the hands of the Gauls on the i8th of July 390 B.C. Livy (v.
114) differ with regard to the site of the battle, the former putting it on the left, the latter on the right bank of the Tiber.
It is widely spread through the north temperate region of the Old World.
www.1911ency.org /A/AL/ALLIA.htm   (594 words)

  
 Plutarch's Lives : CAMILLUS
This was the condition of the times when Camillus was in the height of his actions and glory, and, although the government in the meantime had often proceeded to consular elections, yet he could never persuade himself to be consul against the inclination of the people.
This battle was fought about the summer solstice, the moon being at full, the very same day in which the sad disaster of the Fabii had happened, when three hundred of that name were at one time cut off by the Tuscans.
On the third day after the battle, Brennus appeared with his army at the city, and, finding the gates wide open and no guards upon the walls, first began to suspect it was some design or stratagem, never dreaming that the Romans were in so desperate a condition.
www.annourbis.com /Latin-Authors/Plutarch/plivs10_camillus.html   (6383 words)

  
 Rome: Military Resources
Ammianus Marcellinus (330-395 CE): The Battle of Hadrianopolis, 378 CE
The Battle of Chalons, A.D. From: Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World from Marathon to Waterloo According to Edward Sheperd Creasy.Chapter VI.
Attila the Hun and the Battle of Chalons by Arthur Ferrill
intranet.dalton.org /groups/Rome/RMil.html   (8126 words)

  
 Books of the Bible Christian Bookstores Link 17   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Children's Books ages 0-6 : 7bw : Small Miracles #1: God Made You: by Allia Zobel-Nolan
Books - Teens/Young Adults : 8l : Every Young Man's Battle: by Stephen Arterburn; Fred Stoeker
Fiction : 2al : Mission Compromised: by Oliver L. North
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