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  1. Brennus
    (lived 4th century BC) Chieftain of the Celts of Gaul. According to the Roman historian Livy, in 390 BC Brennus led the Gallic tribes into Italy and, having practically annihilated a large Roman army, marched on Rome and...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  2. Brennus
    (lived 3rd century BC) Chieftain of the Celts of Galatia in Asia Minor. He led the Gauls on two expeditions into Macedonia and Thrace. During the second 279 BC the Gauls advanced on Delphi, but were beaten back by the...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Brennus
    chief of the Senones, who in 390 or 387 annihilated a Roman army, occupied and plundered Rome, and exacted a heavy ransom before withdrawing. He is ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/110

  4. Brennus
    Gallic chieftain who led an unsuccessful invasion of Greece in the autumn of 279. He advanced through Macedonia to Greece shortly after another ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/110

  5. Brennus
    Celtic chieftain who, when another tribe had created chaos in Macedonia by killing its king, led his tribe on a plundering expedition through ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/110

  6. Brennus
    Brennus is a Arthurian Legend boy name. The meaning of the name is `A supposed king of Britain` Where is it used? The name Brennus is mainly used In Ancient Celtic (Latinized) . The name Brennus doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Brennus seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Bren

  7. Brennus
    The Brennus was a French battleship of the Great War. She was 114.5 metres long, 20.4 metres wide and had a displacement of 11370 tons. Her steam engines provided 14000psi of power and a maximum speed of 17 knots and a range of 4000 nautical miles. She was armed with three 340 mm guns, ten 164 mm gu...
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  8. Brennus
    Brennus, fl. c.389 B.C., legendary Gallic leader. He occupied Rome but failed to take the Capitol from Manlius (Marcus Manlius Capitolinus). According to legend, when the tribute that the Romans had agreed to pay was being weighed, a Roman complained, whereupon Brennus threw his sword on the scale, ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  9. Brennus
    Brennus, d. 279 B.C., Gallic leader. He was in command of the band of Gauls (or Galatians) who invaded Greece in 279 B.C. At first halted at Thermopylae, he later turned and took the pass into Doris. He was wounded in an unsuccessful attack on Delphi and is supposed to have committed suicide on the ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08

  10. Brennus
    Brennus was the name or title of several princes of the ancient Gauls, of whom the most famous was the leader of the Senones, who invaded uhe Roman territory about the year 390 BC. He conquered Etruria from Ravenna to Picenum, besieged Clusium, defeated the Romans near the Allia, sacked Rome, and be...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Brennus
    `Brennus` (or `Brennos`) is the name of two Gaulish chieftains famous in ancient history: The recurrence of the name Brennus make it likely that it was a title rather than a proper name. Indeed, the suffix -us means that it is almost certainly Romanised. The name Brennus is thus probably a ti...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brennus



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