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Brennus

From N.S. Gill, About.com

Brennus was the Celtic leader who defeated the Romans at the Battle of the Allia on July 18, 390 or 387.
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The Romans were badly defeated, although we don't know how many escaped with their lives and fled to Veii. The defeat at Allia ranked with Cannae as the worst disasters in Roman Republican military history.
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