The Battle of the Allia River

In the 121st year of the republic of Rome and 365th year of the city, Rome was being ruled by Military Tribunes, who had the power of consuls, called Consular Tribunes. There were 6 of these military powers, 3 from the Fabii Clan. This clan originated as the envoys of Clusium, a Etruscan city, who at the time were being pressured by the Gauls, a northern tribe, to hand over territory. The city of Clusium, needing urgent …

…cross the river to safety but all drowned. Only about half of the men of the right wing survived. The battle caused a great drop in morale in the whole of the Roman Army. The Tribunal Consuls, inexperienced in the art of war, had not set up a camp and had not made the correct sacrifices. This was remembered as the main reason for the loss but it was actually the fear of the Gauls.