The Oracle of Delphi
The Ancients
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The History of the Celts in the Third Century BC
The Celts were no respecters of Greek sanctuaries, certainly. And there's not much evidence in archaeology for major destruction at that time but they could certainly have looted the treasures. The Romans themselves are equally guilty in many ways because Nero, for example, takes hundreds of statues from Delphi to decorate his own villas in the city of Rome.
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