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3 unusual facts about Early Roman army


Early Roman army

At this juncture, Rome was crushed by an invasion of central Italy by the Senones Gallic tribe.

This is certainly the mainstream view among historians, starting with Mommsen, but Cornell considers the supporting evidence tenuous.

The same evidence, however, has also conclusively discredited A. Alfoldi's once-fashionable theory that Rome was an insignificant settlement until c.



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