279 Bc

Events

• Gauls led by Brennus try to sack Delphi but are defeated by combined Greek forces. They retreat to the North, cross the Bosporus, and finally settle in the region of Asia Minor that is later named Galatia.
• Phocians are readmitted into the Great Amphictyonic League after they have joined the defense of Delphi against the Gauls
• Battle of Ausculum between Rome and Pyrrhus of Epirus.

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