Gauls in Podcasts
personThe Gauls were Celtic tribes in Northern Italy and surrounding regions, some of whom allied with Hannibal.
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570. Hannibal: The Invasion of Italy (Part 3)
But the other thing that Hannibal's arrival does is that it hugely impresses people who are naturally hostile to Rome, of which the most significant are the Gauls who live on the Italian side of the Alps. And Hannibal has to project the aura of a man who can genuinely defeat the Romans, because otherwise the Gauls won't rally to his cause. But if they do, there are large numbers of them.