Brennus

Family: Gaul · Role: king of the Gauls · First appears: Camillus

Life events

• Brennus entered Rome and captured the city.(Camillus · 📍 Rome)
  • “On the third day after the battle, Brennus appeared with his army at the city, and, finding the gates wide open and no guards upon the walls, first began to suspect it was some design or stratagem”
• Furius Camillus defeated Brennus's army and expelled the Gauls from Rome.(Camillus · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Furius Camillus
  • “As soon as day appeared, Camillus came up with him, splendidly armed himself, and his soldiers full of courage and confidence; and there engaging with him in a sharp conflict, which lasted a long while, overthrew his army with great slaughter, and took their camp.”

Camillus

• enemies with Quintus Ambustus (Quintus Ambustus fought Brennus's Gauls.) “one of the Fabii, Quintus Ambustus, being well mounted, and setting spurs to his horse, made full against a Gaul”
• enemies with Marcus Papirius (Marcus Papirius was killed by Brennus's Gauls.) “when one, bolder than the rest, drew near to Marcus Papirius, and, putting forth his hand, gently touched his chin and stroked his long beard, Papirius with his staff struck him a severe blow on the head; upon which the barbarian drew his sword and slew him.”
• with Quintus Ambustus (Quintus Ambustus, a Roman ambassador, engaged in hostility against Brennus.) “he who had come as an ambassador had now engaged in hostility against him”
• with Marcus Papirius (A Gaul under Brennus's command killed Marcus Papirius; Brennus himself was present in the forum.) “when one, bolder than the rest, drew near to Marcus Papirius, and, putting forth his hand, gently touched his chin and stroked his long beard, Papirius with his staff struck him a severe blow on the head; upon which the barbarian drew his sword and slew him.”
• with Sulpicius (Sulpicius negotiated with Brennus.) “Sulpicius, tribune of the Romans, came to a parley with Brennus, in which it was agreed, that the Romans laying down a thousand weight of gold, the Gauls upon the receipt of it should immediately quit the city and territories.”
• with Tutula (Tutula was delivered with the other maid-servants to the Latins.) “the magistrates consenting, chose out as many as she thought necessary for her purpose, and, adorning them with gold and rich clothes, delivered them to the Latins”

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Extracted from the original text of Plutarch's Lives. Made with Rho MD.