Roman Republican governors of Gaul
Table of commanders in Italo-Gallic wars

Roman Republican governors of Gaul

Section Title: Table of commanders in Italo-Gallic wars
Table Section Text: None

Year	Commander	Office	Notes

390 (or 387)	M. Furius Camillus	dictator	contradictory versions exist for the sack of Rome by the Gauls; in one tradition Camillus snatches a victory from the jaws of defeat and celebrates a triumph; in another, the triumph is blocked by tribunes of the plebs

367	M. Furius Camillus	dictator	again awarded a triumph for defeating a Gallic force that had penetrated to the Anio in Latium

361	T. Quinctius Poenus Capitolinus Crispinus	dictator	celebrates a triumph over the Gauls for a battle near the Anio, also famously the occasion for T. Manlius to earn the cognomen Torquatus in single combat

360	Q. Servilius Ahala	dictator	defeated Gallic forces near the Colline Gate

360	Q. Poetelius Libo (Visolus or Balbus)	consul	followed up Ahala's victory at Tivoli (ancient Tibur), which had allied with the Gauls; earned a triumph

359	C. Sulpicius Peticus	dictator	triumphed with a major victory over Gauls who had reached Praeneste and Pedum

349	M. Furius Camillus	consul	victorious against the Gauls in Latium; on this occasion also M. Valerius Corvus received his cognomen by defeating a Gaul in single combat with the aid of a raven

332	M. Papirius Crassus	dictator	"appointed in fear of a Gallic war which proved unfounded"

295	Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus	consul	co-commander (see following) at Sentinum against a force of Samnites, Gauls, and Etruscans; victorious after his colleague's death

295	P. Decius Mus	consul	joined his consular colleague (see preceding) at Sentinum; underwent the rite of devotio and sacrificed his body in battle

283	P. Cornelius Dolabella	consul	fought the Senones and ravaged their territory; wiped out a combined army of Gauls and Etruscans at the Battle of Lake Vadimo

283	Cn. Domitius Calvinus Maximus	consul	defeated the Senones in Etruria while Dolabella (see preceding) destroyed their homeland; perhaps celebrated a triumph

283	L. Caecilius Metellus Denter	praetor	defeated at the Battle of Arretium and killed by the Senones

283	M'. Curius Dentatus	praetor suffectus	succeeded Caecilius (preceding) and drove out the Gauls; a Roman colony was then planted at the Senonian town Sena in the occupied territory (ager Gallicus)

282	Q. Aemilius Papus	consul	defeated allied forces of Etruscans and Boii at the Battle of Lake Vadimo

Sentence(s)

In 332, a dictator was nominated in anticipation of a Gallic war, which never materialized.

final_sentence: In 332, a dictator was nominated in anticipation of a Gallic war, which never materialized.