102/122 She escaped by swimming across the Tiber. The event here referred to is the invasion of Rome by the Gauls in 390 B.C.They captured the whole of the city, except the Capitol, which was successfully defended by Manlius, who had been put on the alert by the cackling of a flock of geese. The _Luperci_ were the priests of Lupercus. _Catiline_ was the author of the conspiracy of B.C. |