XXII. Miscellaneous Notes: 1429.

XXII. Miscellaneous Notes: 1429.

1429.

This stratagem was used by the Gauls against the Romans, and so great a mortality ensued that all Rome was dressed in mourning.

750


Footnotes

  1. 430:750

    : Leonardo perhaps alludes to the Gauls under Brennus, who laid his sword in the scale when the tribute was weighed.

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