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<p> A Gallic chief, who, 300 B.C., after taking and pillaging Rome, invested the [[Capitol]] for so long that the Romans offered him a thousand pounds' weight of gold to retire; as the gold was being weighed out he threw his sword and helmet into the opposite scale, adding <i> Væ victis </i> , "Woe to the conquered," an insolence which so roused Camillus, that he turned his back and offered battle to him and to his army, and totally routed the whole host. </p> | <p> A Gallic chief, who, 300 B.C., after taking and pillaging Rome, invested the [[Capitol]] for so long that the Romans offered him a thousand pounds' weight of gold to retire; as the gold was being weighed out he threw his sword and helmet into the opposite scale, adding <i> Væ victis </i> , "Woe to the conquered," an insolence which so roused Camillus, that he turned his back and offered battle to him and to his army, and totally routed the whole host. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_69521"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/brennus Brennus from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_69521"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/brennus Brennus from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:58, 15 October 2021
Brennus [1]
A Gallic chief, who, 300 B.C., after taking and pillaging Rome, invested the Capitol for so long that the Romans offered him a thousand pounds' weight of gold to retire; as the gold was being weighed out he threw his sword and helmet into the opposite scale, adding Væ victis , "Woe to the conquered," an insolence which so roused Camillus, that he turned his back and offered battle to him and to his army, and totally routed the whole host.
