Brennus (leader of the Senones)

For other people with the same name, see Brennus.

Brennus depicted on the figurehead of the French battleship Brennus.

Brennus or Brennos was an ancient Gallic chieftain of the Senones. In c. 387 BC,[note 1] he defeated the Romans at the Battle of the Allia. Later that year, he led an army of Cisalpine Gauls in their attack on Rome and captured most of the city, holding it for several months. Brennus's sack of Rome was the only time in 800 years the city was occupied by a non-Roman army before the fall of the city to the Visigoths in 410 AD.[citation needed]
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