The Battle of Avaricum was a siege between the Gauls and the Romans. The Gauls had a number of tactics including stone walls so the Romans couldn’t break through, ditches and tunnels that would be set on fire. However, during the battle, it began to rain. The Gauls believed rain was a bad sign from the Gods and that they would lose the battle or the sky would fall on them.
It’s true. When Alexander the Great came upon some Gauls on his journey through Asia Minor - some groups of ancient Celtic peoples had migrated to this area by then - and had the chance to ask these fierce people what scared them the most, he expected them to respond, “Why, you of course!” Not the answer he got. Instead they told him that they only feared that one day, the sky would fall on their heads.
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