In this episode I go over the Celtic advance further into Italy. I go over their run-ins with both the Etruscans and the Romans. Finally, I focus on Livy’s account of the Celtic sack of Rome and the cementation of the Celts as the ultimate barbarians to the Romans for the centuries to come.

Primary Sources

Livy: History of Rome, Book 5 perseus.tufts.edu

Secondary Sources

Cunliffe, Barry: The Ancient Celts, ISBN 978–0–19–875292–9