CLA 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cisalpine Gaul, Gallia Narbonensis, Servian Wall

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1102
• Professor: Richard Burgess

Document Summary

Laws written by decemviri: called the 12 tables . Appius has power and has his way with women - wants virginia. When she goes to meet him, her father stabs her to preserve her virginity. Would rather die a virgin than be a sex slave. After 10 years of siege, etruscan city conquered. In 400 bc, there were 5 tribes in northern rome. 390 bc: conquest of rome by senones (386 actual date) Group of gauls called the senones head south. Romans and latin allies try to stop them. Called the area cisalpine gaul (northern italy), france called transalpine gaul (other side) Senones enter 3 days later and attack rome (no wall to defend) People ran and hid in the temple. Besieged it for 7 months (while cisalpine was being attacked) Senones say they"ll leave if they pay gold. Brennus says vae victis woe to the conquerer . All territories conquered declare their freedom from rome.