A view of the ravine at Delphi, where the sanctuary was attacked by the Gauls after they overran Macedonia in 279 BCE . When the Gallic chieftain, Brennus, advanced through Macedonia to Greece he suffered heavy losses while trying to break through the Greek defense at the narrow pass of Thermopylae, on the east coast of central Greece. Eventually he found a way around the pass, but the Greeks escaped by sea. Brennus pushed on to Delphi, where he was wounded in battle and avoided capture by committing suicide.
A view of the ravine at Delphi, where in 279 BCE the sanctuary was attacked by the Gauls after they overran Macedonia. When the Gallic chieftain, Brennus, (died 279 bc), advanced through Macedonia to Greece he suffered heavy losses while trying to break through the Greek defense at the narrow pass of Thermopylae, on the east coast of central Greece. Eventually he found a way around the pass—in much the same manner as the Persian invaders had done in 480 bc—but the Greeks escaped by sea. Brennus pushed on to Delphi, where he was wounded in battle; in the subsequent retreat northward few Gauls escaped. Brennus avoided capture by committing suicide.
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Location: Delphi, Greece
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