Significant101 BCE
Battle of Vercellae
Raudine Plain near Vercellae, Cisalpine Gaul (northern Italy)
Estimated casualties
65K – 160Kestimated dead
Romans claimed 65,000-160,000 Cimbri killed and ~60,000 captured; the Cimbri were virtually annihilated. Figures are ancient claims and likely exaggerated.
SOURCEAncient sources summarized on Wikipedia
Gaius Marius and Quintus Lutatius Catulus annihilated the Cimbri on the Raudine Plain in northern Italy, ending the Cimbrian War and the Germanic-Celtic threat to Italy. The victory made Marius the foremost Roman of his day.
Belligerents2
- Roman Republic
- Cimbri
ON THE MAPRoman Republic
Conflict graph
PART OFCimbrian War
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Vercellae
- History of War
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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