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Significant102 BCE

Battle of Aquae Sextiae

Near Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence), Gallia Narbonensis

Estimated casualties

0 – 110Kestimated dead

Romans claimed ~90,000 killed and ~20,000 captured; the Teutones and Ambrones were effectively destroyed. Figures are Roman claims and almost certainly inflated.

SOURCEAncient sources summarized on Wikipedia

Gaius Marius destroyed the migrating Teutones and Ambrones near Aquae Sextiae in southern Gaul, reversing a string of earlier Roman disasters in the Cimbrian War. The victory helped cement Marius's reputation and his reformed legions.

Belligerents2

  • Roman Republic
  • Teutones and Ambrones

ON THE MAPRoman Republic

Conflict graph

PART OFCimbrian War

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Battle of Aquae Sextiae
  2. History of War
  3. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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