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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.

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

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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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