Post by Terion, King of Ireland on Feb 10, 2008 22:18:49 GMT -5
Terion, and his army of three hundred thousand Celts reached the base of the Alps that covered the entire Northern border of Italy and the region that was now ruled by Rome. Terion was afraid of an invasion of his kinsmen and so he set up an encampment at the base of the mountain pass. There was but one pass to cross through the Alps with a considerable army and Terion knew that. Hence, that was the reason he set his army at the base of the mountain and began to fortify their position. They began to dig trenches and build small walls with what they could find. Sentries were placed in the hills and the mountains to warn them of an army that could be crossing the plains. The Celtic army that had come to fight was considerable in size and it had a unique type of soldiers. There were 100,000 archers, 100,000 heavy pike men to protect the archers and 100,000 light cavalry. Terion knew that an army that had just crossed a mountain couldn’t stand up to cavalry and archers. In any case, they would wait for the Romans, if they chose to come. The other 600,000 of the army remained in Celtiberia.
