In about 390 BC, Celtic soldiers (possibly mercenaries) sacked Rome - Rome broke one of the Celts rules of conduct and refused to make amends. After 3 months of siege, the Celts agreed to pull out (whether due to weakening strength of the Celtic army, or due to disgust at a "city" depends on which you believe). One report I have seen says that the agreement was "we will leave you alone if you leave us alone". Either way, the Celts left Rome alone, long enough for Rome to establish its powerful Empire within a few hundred years, while improving military tactics, shamed by their defeat.
What would the world be like had the Celts utterly destroyed Rome instead? Would the Celts eventually have been conquered by another culture, or would they have been strong enough to defeat the Angles, Normans, Saxons, and Vikings? Would Israel have given rise to Christ, without Rome? Would the Europeans have wanted to conquer America? What would our language be like?
2007-11-12
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