In 279 BC, little time after Pyrrhus, King of Epirus, arrived in Italy, a host of Gauls commanded by Belgios was ready to invade and plunder Macedonia. Perched on his war elephant, Ptolemy Keraunos, King of Macedonia, and his phalanxes, were blocking the Celts' way.
Roman historians tell us that at the end of the battle, the Macedonian King's head was carried on a Gallic spear like a trophy ...This happened only 44 years after the death of Alexander.