Ancient discovery or mystery,The Fall of Veii and the Coming of the Gauls

By the morning of the fourth century BCE, Rome had fought so numerous small wars that discipline and continuity had come alternate nature. But up to this point, Rome had n't yet faced a rival truly equal in wealth, size, or ambition. That changes with Veii. The long, exhausting conflict with this Etruscan hustler — and the catastrophe that followed soon after — forces Rome to evolve faster than ever ahead.