ROMAN-GALLİC WARS

B.C. In Central Europe in the north of the Alp mountains in the 6th century   there was a community that archaeologists called "Hallstat culture".   

These scattered tribes spoke Celtic.   By the 5th century, the Celtic influence gradually increased in Europe.   Celtic warrior culture at the end of the same century; 

overflowed from his homeland   and spread across the continent with consecutive bloody waves.   In the age of immigration, the Celts were now visible in many places   France, 

Eastern Spain, South Britain, Danube tribes, Black Sea coast, Anatolia;   It was one of the places where Celtic tribes were seen.   

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One branch of the community went to the south of the Alps.    It collided with the tribes of Liguria, Etruscan and Veneti, and reached the Po River basin.   Thus the Celts entered the life of the Romans, who called them "Gaul".   The Celts discovered the new homeland BC. 

Rome, a small city ruled by the Etruscan kings in the 6th century,   It changed in the late 4th century.   B.C. 396 After the Battle of Veii with the Etruscans, Rome,   It ceased to be the leading city-state of the defense coalition among the Latin tribes.   

Rome was now the expansionist-hunter state of Midwest Italy.   It wasn't just this Latin city state that changed, the world was changing…   

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The system of city states was slowly collapsing ...   The First Clash of the Celts and the Roman Republic   Shortly after the Romans destroyed Veii. It happened in 390.   

Latinos were heavily defeated in the face of their enemies, which they encountered for the first time in Battle of Allia.   Gallic leader Brennus captured and looted the city of Rome.   

The city has come to the brink of extinction before it can be on the stage of history…   But the Celts did not destroy Rome;  

 They donated the people and the city for a certain amount of money.   After this incident, which was a turning point, the city of Rome; 

he lost his reputation, he was in a very difficult situation.   The city, who knows how to get up from where it fell despite being alive, 

rolled up its sleeves to recover and exit again.   Rome, which got stronger with each step, fought non-stop and tended to spread in the Italian peninsula.   By forming new alliances, by occupying the territory of neighboring tribes, 

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They grew up by creating colonies and enslaving the societies they defeated.   A stronger opponent emerged each time, especially against the political structure moving south of the drawing.   Etruscans, Samnites, Epirians, Greeks, 

Carthaginians have expanded their area of ​​renewal.   

While all-round progress continues, Rome, which also fought many wars with the Celts,   They named the part where the Celts in the south of the Alps lived, Galia Cisalpina.   

B.C. Romans in the 3rd Samnit War between 298 and 290,   He had bloody battles with the Gauls and many other tribes.   Republic, with the advantage of winning this war   

Ager Gallicus region, which is in the hands of Senones from Gallic tribes, BC. It took in 282.   50 years later, when a new law started to settle the Latins in the region, 

the Senones here,   They emigrated to the country of the Boi in Galia Cisalpina.   

This wave of migration would lead to the deterioration of the peace that had been going on for years…   Boii Celts, relatives of Senones' land take Ariminum again   and acted to once again pose a threat to the Roman Republic.   They also took the support of other Gallic tribes in the south of the Alps.   

Then they invited relatives from Galia Transalpina beyond the Alps to their alliance.   Cisalpina tribes are in the majority,   

They formed a large army of 70,000 people, including mercenaries.   This army was larger than all the armies the Gauls had previously established in the south of the Alps.   Rome, BC He issued messengers in 225 and ordered his soldiers to recover.   

The Republic, which has the opportunity to benefit from the logistics and manpower of an entire Italian peninsula,   quickly prepared for war.   To feed such large troops, tons of food were stored.   Numerous war devices and expeditions were made.   As a result of devoted work, 

the Republic reached a fighting force of 130,000 people.   Taking diplomatic steps, Roma,   By making a deal with the Venetians and the Genomans, he removed them from being enemies in the possible war.   Alliance with some tribes in the Apennine Mountains   and as many as 20,000 men posed threats at enemy borders.   

To prevent this threat, the Gauls had to leave the same number of men behind.   Last but not least   A message was sent to help the legions who were at war on the island of Sardinia to quit the war.   There were 4 main forces against his opponent in the hands of Rome: 

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Consul Gaius Atilius Regulus and his legions, who are preparing to set off from Sardinia,   a scattered army in Etruria, consisting of Etruscan and Sabines at a Praetor order,   

Legions of other Consul Lucius Aemilius Papus in Ariminum   and finally reserve legions in the city of Rome.   Latinos could not fully predict which side the opponent would attack.   

There were two options:   The opponent would either force him to take Ariminum - then they could switch to Clusium from here and jump to Rome.   

Because 170 years ago, Brennus used this path -   or he would pass the Apennines and attack Etruria, then the ancient road and attack the capital directly…   

Based on previous experiences, the Celts,   Since they were more likely to attack Ager Gallicus, appropriate precautions were taken.   The Tiber Valley road to the capital would be secured.   The other way would be to catch Consul Gaius, who would go to the city of Pisa.   

There was a reason that Gaius would land on a remote city like Pisa:   Consuls Gaius would have the opportunity to invade Cisalpina as the Gauls attacked from the east.   The army in Etruria will protect the region,   the power in the capital would be used if all the armies were out of order.   That's how the Italian defense was planned.   

B.C. Departing in the spring of 225, the Gauls moved towards Ariminum, moving in anticipation direction.   They knew that the Roman army would be stronger than them   but they were unaware that the whole peninsula was mobilized.   Gallians, 

who have traveled quite a long way, turned their directions south by making a strategic surprise.   They ran to the Apennine Mountains.   This move was something that the other side did not expect…   The Gauls would thus have struck Consul Lucius.   

The Celts, without encountering the Legions, would take the middle army out of the way and head towards the main target.   It was a smart move, but let's see if it would lead the Gauls to the conclusion?  

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The army descending to the Apennines in Etruria without facing the enemy;   began to scatter and plunder the environment and collect loot.   Realizing the tactical change, Praetor reassembled the Etruscan-Sabin army that scattered across the gates   and went after your opponent.   Four days later, he caught them near Clusium, just 136km north of Rome.   

The Gallic army was not quick to take a war position…   When night turns and turns into day, the armies that set up camps would enter each other.   The Gallic army who ambushed from the night;   Etruscan and Sabin troops pulled to the town of Faesulae and raided.   Because they had all the advantages, they easily defeated their enemies.   

They passed over 6,000 military swords and received an undisputed and clear victory.   After the victory, the war council convened.   An army of the Romans was defeated, the region was looted.   A lot of loot was obtained.   

They voted to take their loot to their homeland and to fight the enemy again another day.   After all, they took what they wanted and filled their pockets.   There were also three other great armies of Rome, there was no need to force the result.   

As a result of the decision taken, the army set out ...   The spoils and herds that they filled the cars slowed their speed and forced them to go south.   When they passed the north of the lake in the region and reached the beach, they headed north and proceeded towards Talemon.   

Lucius Aemilius turned west and crossed the mountains to recover the changing situation.   But he was slow, unable to catch up with the Battle of Faesulae.   

Without losing time, he learned the location of his opponent and went after him.   Thus began the breathtaking chase when events were out of plan.   Gaius, who was on the sea at that time, landed in Pisa as determined.   Find out that the plan has changed completely thanks to the incoming messengers Gaius Atillus,   Instead of going north, he headed south.  

As he did not know that the opponent's speed was low, he needed to move with lightning speed.   It covered a distance that could be considered impossible in a short time.   The Gauls seemed to be trapped between the two armies.   

They set up their camps in the southern part of a narrow passage a little north of Talemon.   Lucius, who has been following them for days,   

He began to take a war position with his army, which was cautiously left behind by the Etruscan soldier.   Gaius, who quickly came from the north, camped to the north of the narrow temporary.   That the Gauls were so close to him   and relaxed when he learned that his friend Lucius was on the neck of the enemy.   The Gauls were now squeezed from both sides in the passage…   

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Battle of Telamon 225 BC  FULL DOCUMENTARY

That narrow passage, which can be called the death corridor, would be the tomb of which side? ..   He was not fully aware of the two Roman armies that had entered order, the other in the south.   Lucius knew his colleague had come south, but he had not predicted it would be so fast.   

The Gauls, on the other hand, realized that they were caught between the two armies and that they could not escape.   

They immediately gave back to back and formed two lines of defense.   

They were fewer than their competitors.   

They made roadblocks from freight and chariots to stretch their wings.   

Thus, the danger of siege would be reduced.   

They stacked all of their loot on a hill in the middle of the two lines.

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   Everything was ready to shed blood…   At the first moment of the war, Celtic horsemen attacked Gaius' cavalry holding the hill overlooking the passage.   

Galius Atilius fought horribly to hold the hill.   The effort of the consul did not help, and the few cavalrymen began to melt.   He died as he fought chest to chest.   

His head was victoriously taken to the Gallic chiefs.   Realizing the war on the hill, Lucius said,   He understood that the other army had arrived and put forward all of his own cavalry for help.   The Celtic cavalry, wrapped from behind, had to turn and fight the other side.   

When the eyes were at war in the hills, the struggle was about to begin below.   Unfinished half naked, tattooed bodies,   

Thousands of light Gaul infantrymen carrying totems in their hands performed war rituals with the sounds they made.   

The glorious array of Gauls and the noise they made deafly terrified the Romans.   The humming noise that the Northerners made with trumpets and horns mixed with the war cry;   the sky was roaring, the earth was shaking.   

The movements of the naked soldiers in the front lines created a frightening sight…   These light infantry were attacking as if they committed suicide, throwing the javelin in their hands and returning to the positions.   

When this pioneering attack ceremony was over for a long time, the pioneers came to heavy infantry.   Roman legions attacked from both sides and engaged in fighting the Celtic shield wall.   Although the famous shield wall of the Gauls remained between the two armies, 

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did a very good job   and the soldiers kept their defensive positions for a long time without breaking their lines.   It was the war on the hill that would determine the result.   

Roman cavalry thanks to horsemen from the south;   They managed to defeat and disperse enemy troops and dominated the hills.   Roman cavalry descended from the hills with a second commandment   He easily broke the shield walls, 

which were open from the sides and no longer had any chance to move.   The defeat of the Gauls began when this backbreak was already combined with the front pressure.  

After that it was the life market in the death corridor.   Many Gauls died and 10,000 were slaves.   The loss was enormous under the conditions of that day.   

The Celtic troops that were able to flee to the wooded areas barely saved their lives.   For the Romans, victory was invaluable ...   With this victory, the biggest Gallic invasion against Italy was fled.   Since there is no army left to protect Gaul in the south of the Alps.   

All the doors of Cisalpina were opened to the Republic.   This victory enabled the Romans to gain a certain superiority over the Gauls.   

As a result of a series of campaigns following the victory, Galia Cisalpina was received by Rome.   This success was crowned with Latin colonies established in Placentia and Cremona.   Northern Italy is now the Roman Republic ...  

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