Concolitan

Konkolitan was the leader of the Celtic tribe of the Gesat, living in Transalpine Gaul, near the Rodan River ( Rhone ). In 233 BC e. The Gallic tribes of the Insubra and the fighting , threatened by the enslavement of the Roman Republic , turned to the Gesat for military assistance, in return having promised a large amount of gold.

In 225 BC e., battles and insubra raised funds to pay hired gesat from Transalpine Gaul led by Aneroest and Concolitan to fight Rome. The unknown role and degree of independence of Conkolitan in this campaign (he was an equal leader, or obeyed the Aneroest ). The mercenary army consisted of 50,000 foot soldiers and 20,000 horsemen.

The Konkolitan, along with Aneroest, broke into Etruria , which they plundered, and defeated the local Roman forces at the Battle of Fezal. After that, they decided to go with prey to the areas inhabited by insumbrams . During the march, the Gauls met with Roman troops under the command of consuls Guy Atilius Regula and Lucius Emilia Papa . This battle was described in detail by Polybius and mentioned by other Roman historians. Consul Regulus died in battle, and his head was brought to the Gallic leaders. In the end, the Gauls suffered a crushing defeat. About 40 thousand galls died, 10 thousand were captured. Konkolitan, was one of the captured, the other, Aneroest, escaped and subsequently committed suicide.

The further fate of Konkolitan is unknown: either he was traditionally killed in the Mamertinsky prison (after the triumph of Lucius Emilia Papa in 224 BC) or turned into a slave .

The battle of Telamon marked the final conquest of northern Italy by the Romans.

• Polybius , Histories 2: 21-31
• William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Vol. 1 p. 824

• Celts: Roman conquest of Cisalpine Gaul