WI: Celts are not defeated at Delphi in 279 BC
Celtic forces under Brennus invaded Macedonia and then Greece with a force of 152,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry if you believe the primary sources. After crossing the Spercheius River, defeating a Greek force at Thermopylae and raiding Aetolia, Brennus, reached Delphi which was sacked and looted of its gold. At some point after this Brennus was injured in a skirmish and the Celtic army was driven out of Greece due to cursed gold, wrath of gods, natural disasters or something like that. My question is what if Brennus and the Celts were not defeated at Delphi, how much more damage could they have done to Greece? Next they would most likely be fighting Antigonus Gonatas, who would he do?
Sources
Celtic defeat at Delphi by Erich B. Anderson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_invasion_of_the_Balkans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigonus_Gonatas
Celtic forces under Brennus invaded Macedonia and then Greece with a force of 152,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry if you believe the primary sources. After crossing the Spercheius River, defeating a Greek force at Thermopylae and raiding Aetolia, Brennus, reached Delphi which was sacked and looted of its gold. At some point after this Brennus was injured in a skirmish and the Celtic army was driven out of Greece due to cursed gold, wrath of gods, natural disasters or something like that. My question is what if Brennus and the Celts were not defeated at Delphi, how much more damage could they have done to Greece? Next they would most likely be fighting Antigonus Gonatas, who would he do?
Sources
Celtic defeat at Delphi by Erich B. Anderson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_invasion_of_the_Balkans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigonus_Gonatas