The world: historical and actual . r Romewas never agood city, froma sanitary pointof view) and set-tle in the Etrus-can city of Veii,which was abouttwelve miles be- Relief on an Etruscan Tomb. yQQd ^ Tiber_ It took thirty years to capture the city; that is,thirty years from the time the first attempt wasmade until the last one, which culminated in suc-cess. Camillus was the General under whom thecapture was made. That was in B. C. 396. Thatyear was memorable for the fall of Veii, whichCamillus is said to have torn down, removing thebuilding material to Rome, lest the party favoringthe transfe
The world: historical and actual . r Romewas never agood city, froma sanitary pointof view) and set-tle in the Etrus-can city of Veii,which was abouttwelve miles be- Relief on an Etruscan Tomb. yQQd ^ Tiber_ It took thirty years to capture the city; that is,thirty years from the time the first attempt wasmade until the last one, which culminated in suc-cess. Camillus was the General under whom thecapture was made. That was in B. C. 396. Thatyear was memorable for the fall of Veii, whichCamillus is said to have torn down, removing thebuilding material to Rome, lest the party favoringthe transfer of the capital should finally carry theday. But the year was still more memorable for theraid of the Gauls. Now, for the first time, we con-front the aborigines of France, a people with whichRome had a great deal to do through many centu-ries. The Gauls, who came finally to be subjects ofimperial Rome, came upon the stage of history aswild marauders. In their savage enterprise, theyhad crossed the Alps, and penetrated southward,. V •Mo- 142 SEMI-HISTORIC ROME. desolating Italy as they went. Among the placeswhich they ravaged was Rome, which must havebeen a feeble town, although nearly four hundredyears old. Their march was victorious. Brennus,their leader, was a mighty man of war, notcovetous of lands, but greedy-eyed for personalproperty of all sorts. It is by no means certainthat the Romans do not owe the fall of Veii to thesebarbarians rather than to their own prowess. Bethat as it may, they were an overmatch for the Ro-mans. On the banks of the Allia, eleven miles fromRome, the two armies met, the representatives of thepeoples destined to many a desperate encounter incoming ages. The Gauls utterly routed the Romansand drove the few survivors into the city in head-long haste, boldly pushing their way within thewalls, the people taking refuge in the Capitol. Inafter times the Romans pictured the senators calmlypursuing the business of legislation when the Gaulscamo upon t
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