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1) Brennus: flourished 4th century BC, Chief of the Senones, who in 390 or 387 BC annihilated a Roman army, occupied and plundered Rome , and exacted a heavy ransom before withdrawing.
2) Boudicca: Boudicca was the Celtic Queen of the Iceni tribe of modern-day East Anglia, Britain, who led a revolt against Rome in 60/61 CE. 3) Cartimandua: flourished mid-1st century AD, queen of the Brigantes, a large tribe in northern Britain, whose rule depended upon support from the invading Roman armies. 4) Celtic chieftain Vercingetorix (c. 75 BC-c. 46 BC) battled valiantly to keep the Roman army from overrunning the territory of Gaul, as France was then called. His troops were defeated at Alesia and Vercingetorix was forced to surrender. |