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3	''Brenno il nemico di Roma'', known in English as ''Brennus, Enemy of Rome'', is a 1963 Italian HistoricalFiction SwordAndSandal film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo, narrating (with several artistic licenses) the events that took place in the year 391 B.C., as the [[AncientRome Roman]] [[UsefulNotes/TheRomanRepublic Republic]] is attacked by the Celtic hordes coming from the north and led by the ferocious barbarian king Brennus (Gordon Mitchell).
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5	Cutting a bloody swathe through the UsefulNotes/{{Ital\|y}}ian peninsula, and overpowering every attempt at resistance the Romans try to come up with, the Celts are already only a few days away from [[UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} the Eternal City]]. The Romans' most capable commander, Marcus Furius Camillus (Massimo Serato), is falsely accused of corruption by [[LesCollaborateurs political rivals]], and goes into voluntary exile in Ardea, choosing to live as a farmer. As the Roman Senate decides to send an embassy to Brennus, the invaders attack Clusium, a town close to Rome, and capture many citizens, among which [[DamselInDistress Nissia]] (Ursula Davis), a priestess of Minerva and bethroted to the Roman commander [[TheHero Quintus Fabius]] (Tony Kendall). In an attempt to spare her citizen from the slaughter, Nissia accepts to marry Brennus, much to Quintus' dismay...
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7	!!This movie contains the following tropes:
8	* AchillesInHisTent: Camillus leaves Rome in disgust after being falsely accused of corruption.
9	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: From what historical documentations we have, the real-life Brennus had a long mustache and long hair, like many Celtic warriors at the time. This movie makes him a short-haired, muscular hunk without a single hair on his face.
10	* AnnoyingArrows: Averted. Bows and arrows are portrayed as just as dangerous and lethal as they are in real life.
11	* AntagonistTitle: Brennus is the BigBad of the movie, which is clearly named after him.
12	* AnyoneCanDie
13	* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Brennus tries to force himself on Nissia towards the end of the movie. She fights him off, so he settles for whipping her instead.]]
14	* BadassBoast: [[spoiler: As Brennus taunts the Romans for accepting his conditions for the ransom of Rome, Camillus shows up and fires back.]]
15	->[[spoiler: '''Camillus''': "Brennus! Not with gold, but with iron, Rome will be recovered!"]]
16	* BadBoss: Brennus cares nothing for his men's lives, [[spoiler:and abandons them to their deaths without a second thought when the Roman army gets the upper hand in the final battle.]]
17	* BigBad: Brennus, the ferocious, tyrannical and unpredictable leader of the Celtic hordes.
18	* CurbStompCushion: The Roman armies find themselves unable to stop Brennus and his army in open field battle, but they do slow him down just enough to allow Rome to reorganize.
19	* DamselInDistress: Nissia, the daughter of the praefect of Clusium, who is Quintus' LoveInterest and is lusted after by Brennus.
20	* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: The preteen Mauro is killed by a traitor.]]
21	* DoomedHometown: Clusium is taken over and sacked by the Celts just a little after the beginning of the movie.
22	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Brennus has quite a lot of trouble with this trope. As a tyrannical warlord who [[ItsAllAboutMe cares about nothing but himself]], he can't understand why anyone would think differently from him, and openly mocks Nissia for caring about others. Indeed, he thinks that the natural state of humanity is total self-interested chaos, and that trying to impose any sort of laws and rules on others is foolish and innatural.
23	* HeroicSacrifice: As the population of Rome is moved into their last stronghold in Capitolium, the oldest senators willingly stay behind, reasoning that they are too old and feeble to be of any help, and that they'd only slow down the last defenders.
24	* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real-life Brennus wasn't this bad.
25	* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Sums up the relationship between Brennus and Nissia. He clearly only sees her as just another prize to be conquered.
26	* ILied: Brennus sees nothing wrong with breaking any promise he makes.
27	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Brennus is finally killed in battle by Quintus, the LoveInterest of the woman he wanted to force himself upon, and the last remaining son of Marcus Fabius]].
28	* LesCollaborateurs: Decius Vatinius, a corrupt senator who is cooperating with Brennus in order to conserve his wealth and power.
29	* MovingTheGoalposts: [[spoiler: Brennus imposes a ransom of a thousand libras of gold (about 330 kilos) in exchange for the safety of both Rome and its population. As the members of the senate struggle to gather the needed gold, Brennus' men keep adding weights to their side of the scales, continuously adding to the price. When Brennus is called out on this, he answers with the ever-famous line: "Woe to the conquered!" and adds his own sword to his side of the scales.]]
30	* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: As he cooperates with Brennus and the invaders, Decius Vatinius tries to justify himself by saying that he wants to spare Rome an even more costly defeat, but he's actually only interested in preserving his own riches.
31	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:Poor Marcus Fabius outlives two of his three sons. And Camillus outlives his adoptive son Mauro.]]
32	* RapePillageAndBurn: The fate of every city and village in the way of Brennus' horde.
33	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Quintus' father Marcus, a senator who only has Rome's best interests in mind and tries his best to keep his people from getting a raw deal.
34	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: [[spoiler:Turnus, the Etruscean assassin, is killed by his boss Vatinius after betraying him. Soon after, Vatinius gets on the receiving side of this trope and is killed by Brennus.]]
35	* WouldHurtAChild: Brennus certainly doesn't care about the age of the civilians he's putting to the sword. [[spoiler: And Turnus does not hesitate to murder the 12-year-old Mauro under Vatinius' orders.]]
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