Allia (more correctly, Alia), a small stream in ancient Latium, which fell into the Tiber, 11 miles N. of Rome. It was the scene of the defeat of the Roman army by the Gauls under Brennus in 387, or, according to others, 390 B.C.
Allia
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 171
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