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Brennus (or Brennos) (died 279 BC) was one of the leaders of the army of Gallic invasion of the Balkans, defeated the assembled Greeks at Thermopylae, and is popularly reputed to have sacked and looted Delphi, although the ancient sources do not support this. In 280 BC a great army, comprising about 85,000 warriors,〔Venceslas Kruta, ''Les Celtes, histoire et dictionnaire'', page 493.〕 coming from Pannonia and split in three divisions, marched south〔The Ancient Celts, Barry Cunliffe p p80-81〕 in a ''great expedition''〔The term is a calque of the parallel French Grande expédition, that indicates, in French scholarly usage, the 279 BCE surge of military campaigns on Greece.〕 to Macedonia and central Greece. The division led by Brennus and Acichorius moved against Paionians. Some writers suppose that Brennus and Acichorius are the same person, the former being only a title and the latter the real name.〔Schmidt, "De fontibus veterum auctorum in enarrandis expeditionibus a Gallis in Macedoniania susceptis," Berol. 1834〕 The other two divisions were led by Cerethrius and by Bolgios, moving against the Thracians and Triballi, and against the Macedonians and Illyrians, respectively.〔Pausanias, ''(Guide for Greece )'' (on Livius.org).〕 Brennus is said to have belonged to an otherwise unknown tribe called the Prausi.〔Strabo, ''Geography'' (4:1.13 )〕 These Gauls had settled in Pannonia because of population increases in Gaul, and sought further conquests. ==Military campaign== (詳細はCambaules, who led them as far as Thrace, where they stopped. When they decided to advance again in 279 BC, they split their forces into three divisions. One division was led by Cerethrius against the Thracians and Triballi; another by Bolgios against the Macedonians and Illyrians; and the third against Paionia by Brennus and Acichorius. Bolgios' expedition inflicted heavy losses on the Macedonians and killed their king, Ptolemy Keraunos, but was repulsed by the Macedonian nobleman Sosthenes. Brennus' contingent then attacked Sosthenes and defeated him, and proceeded to ravage the country. After these expeditions returned, Brennus urged a united, and potentially lucrative, attack on Greece, led by himself and Acichorius. The army numbered 152,000 infantry and 24,400 cavalry, Pausanias describes how they used a tactic called ''trimarcisia'', where each cavalryman was supported by two mounted servants, who could supply him with a spare horse if he was dismounted, or take his place in the battle if he was killed or wounded, so the actual number of horsemen was in fact 61,200.〔Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' (10.19 ); Junianus Justinus, ''Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' Histories'' (24.4-6 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brennus (3rd century BC)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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