Mar 21, 2017
Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps “The Defeat of the Cimbri” Oil on Canvas 1833
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Historical context:
Cimbrian War: Battle of Vercellae (101 BCE)
The Battle of Vercellae, or Battle of the Raudine Plain, in 101 BCE was the Roman victory of Consul Gaius Marius over the invading Celto-Germanic tribe of the Cimbri near the settlement of Vercellae in the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul.