 After some initial success in Etruria, when faced with the army of the consul Lucius Aemilius Papus, Aneroëstes persuaded the Gauls to withdraw, but they were cut off at Telamon (modern Talamone, Tuscany) by the other consul, Gaius Atilius Regulus, and forced to fight a pitched battle.The Gaesatae fought at the front, naked apart from their weapons, but their small shields offered little protection against Roman javelins.The Gaesatae were forced back and their allies slaughtered.