Cimbrian War
113 BCE – 101 BCE · 12 years
Migrating Germanic tribes — the Cimbri and Teutones — inflicted devastating defeats on Roman armies before being annihilated by Gaius Marius. The crisis accelerated Marius's military reforms and intensified Roman fears of 'barbarian' invasion.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Roman Republic
- Cimbri and Teutones
Key moments
Defining events in the Cimbrian War.
- 113 BC Battle of Noreia
- 105 BC Battle of Arausio
- 102 BC Battle of Aquae Sextiae
- 101 BC Battle of Vercellae
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · Europe
Plitvice Lakes
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Europe
Celts
Founded 1200 BCE · attested to 100 BCE
Trade route · Europe
Amber Road
1000 BCE – 400 CE
Conflict · Europe
Jugurthine War
112 BCE – 106 BCE
Landmark · Europe
Giant's Causeway
3000 BCE – still standingPolity · Europe
Saami
Attested 1500 BCE – 700 CE
Conflict · Europe
Second Servile War
104 BCE – 100 BCE
Landmark · Europe
Danube Delta
3000 BCE – still standingDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 113 BCE and 101 BCE.
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Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Cimbrians and Teutons invasionsPethrus · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- CeltsQuartierLatin1968,The Ogre,Dbachmann · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Amber RoadBearas · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jugurthine WarCNG · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Second Servile WarCNG · CC BY-SA 2.5
- Danube DeltaEuropean Space Agency · Attribution
