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In the first Gallic invasion of Greece (279 BC), they defeated the Macedonians and killed the Macedonian king Ptolemy Keraunos. They then focused on looting the rich Macedonian countryside, but avoided the heavily fortified cities. The Macedonian general Sosthenes assembled an army, defeated Bolgius and repelled the invading Gauls.
Although Gallic settlements were concentrated in the western half of the Carpathian basin, there were notable incursions, and settlements, within the Balkan peninsula itself. From their new bases in northern Illyria and Pannonia , the Gallic invasions climaxed in the early 3rd century BC, with the invasion of Greece .
From their new bases in northern Illyria and Pannonia, the Gallic invasions climaxed in the early 3rd century BC, with the invasion of Greece. The 279 BC invasion of Greece proper was preceded by a series of other military campaigns waged in the southern Balkans and against the Kingdom of Macedonia , favoured by the state of confusion ensuing ...
Bolgios (Greek: Βόλγιος, also Bolgius, Belgius) was a Gaulish leader during the Gallic invasion of the Balkans who led an invasion of Macedon and Illyria in 279 BC, killing the Macedonian king Ptolemy Keraunos. [1] [2] He was part of a force of Gauls settled in Pannonia who had advanced to Thrace under a leader called Cambaules.
While Aeropus' military incursion was limited and satisfied with Lychnidus, in 208 BC, Longarus attacked upper Macedonia, occupying the region of Orestida, taking 20,000 prisoners, and reaching the plain of Argestes. [8] [10] This was done when Longarus allied himself with the enemies of Macedonia, Rome, Scerdilaidas and Epirus. In 206 BC ...
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Invasion of Gauls in the 4th to 3rd centuries BC Peoples at the time of the Picentine war 269-267 BC. Over the course of nearly four centuries, the Roman Republic fought a series of wars against various Celtic tribes, whom they collectively described as Galli, or Gauls.
The Gallic Emperors are known primarily from the coins they minted. [18] The political and military history of the Gallic Empire can be sketched through the careers of these emperors. Their names are as follows: [19] Postumus 260–269 (Laelian 269, usurper) Marius 269; Victorinus 268/69–271 (Domitian II 271?, usurper) [20] Tetricus I 271–274