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BRENNUS

Volume 5 · 54 words · 1842 Edition

a celebrated captain among the Gauls, who, about 388 years before the Christian era, entered Italy with a powerful army, made great conquests there, defeated the Romans, and sacked Rome. The Capitol alone was defended; and Camillus coming to its relief, drove the Gauls not only out of Rome, but also out of Italy.