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Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic
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Cimbrian War
Conflict between Rome and Germanic & Celtic tribes (113–101 BCE)
The Cimbrian or Cimbric War was fought between the Roman Republic and the Germanic and Celtic tribes of the Cimbri and the Teutons, Ambrones and Tigurini, who migrated from the Jutland peninsula into Roman-controlled territory, and clashed with Rome and her allies. The Cimbrian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Arausio
Battle during the Cimbrian War (105 BC)
The Battle of Arausio took place on 6 October 105 BC, at a site between the town of Arausio, now Orange, Vaucluse, and the Rhône river, where two Roman armies, commanded by proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus, were heavily defeated after clashing…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Roman army of the mid-Republic
Armed forces deployed by the mid-Roman Republic
The Roman army of the mid-Republic, also called the manipular Roman army or the Polybian army, refers to the armed forces deployed by the mid-Roman Republic, from the end of the Samnite Wars to the end of the Social War. The first phase of this army, in its manipular structure,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)