The Sack of Rome

We are not entirely sure why the gauls marched on rome, nor entirely sure when they did so. The confusion is caused by the scarcity of accurate records prior to the event. Livy makes the implausible claim that between three 75 and three 70 b c, no magistrates of any kind were elected. With plausible estimates ranging from anywhere from 12 to 25 thousand men, they gathered at the elea river, actually more of a brook than a river,. When they did, the romans were immediately on the fearful defensive. But we do know who marched, the senons, and we know where they marched, from the adriatic coast to Rome. And we know