Editing Boii (section)

===War against Rome===
In the second half of the 3rd century BC, the Boii allied with the other Cisalpine Gauls and the Etruscans against Rome. They also fought alongside [[Hannibal]], killing the Roman general [[Lucius Postumius Albinus (consul 234 BC)|Lucius Postumius Albinus]] in 216 BC, whose skull was then turned into a sacrificial bowl.<ref>Livy, ''[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri|History of Rome]]'', XXIII, 24.</ref>

A short time earlier, they had been defeated at the [[Battle of Telamon]] in 225 BC, and were again at [[Battle of Placentia (194 BC)|Placentia in 194 BC]] (modern [[Piacenza]]) and [[Battle of Mutina (193 BC)|Mutina in 193 BC]] (modern [[Modena]]). [[Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica (consul 191 BC)|Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica]] completed the Roman conquest of the Boii in 191 BC, celebrating a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] for it.<ref>Livy, [[s:From the Founding of the City/Book 36#38|36.38-40]]</ref> After their losses, according to Strabo, a large portion of the Boii left Italy.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Reid |first=J. S. |date=1915 |title=Problems of the Second Punic War: III. Rome and Her Italian Allies |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/296292 |journal=The Journal of Roman Studies |volume=5 |pages=87–124 |doi=10.2307/296292 |jstor=296292 |issn=0075-4358|url-access=subscription }}</ref>