On sixteen July 390 BC, a Gallic military less than the management of tribal chieftain Brennus, met the Romans on the banking companies of the Allia River 10 miles north of Rome. The metropolis of Rome grew from settlements close to a ford on the river Tiber, a crossroads of targeted visitors and trade. This brought on a issue, in that Rome arrived to have a significant male inhabitants but was bereft of women of all ages.