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Rethinking the Sack of Rome
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Historians challenge the idea that the tribe of Celtic people that sacked Rome were conquerors and instead suggest they might have been a group of hired mercenaries. Evidence from archaeological findings suggests that the sacking of Rome may not have been as terrible as previously thought, with no indication of a "terrible Carthaginian solution type burning to the ground or anything."
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