Battle of Vercellae

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Battle of Vercellae
Part of the Cimbrian War
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The battle of Vercellae, from the Ca' Dolfin Tiepolos, 1725-1729
Date 30 July 101 BC Location Vercellae in Cisalpine Gaul, Northern Italy 45°19′0.001″N 8°25′0.001″E / 45.31666694°N 8.41666694°E / 45.31666694; 8.41666694 Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Cimbri
Commanders and leaders
Gaius Marius Quintus Lutatius Catulus Lucius Cornelius Sulla	Boiorix † Lugius † Claodicus (POW) Caesorix (POW)
Strength
52,000–54,000 soldiers (legionaries and auxiliaries)	120,000–180,000 warrior including 15,000 cavalry (400,000 including civilians)
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed[1] 300 killed (Florus)[2]	160,000 killed (Livy) 60,000 captured 140,000 killed (Orosius) 60,000 captured 120,000 killed (Plutarch) 60,000 captured 100,000 killed or captured (Paterculus) 65,000 killed (Florus)
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The Battle of Vercellae, or Battle of the Raudine Plain, was fought on 30 July 101 BC on a plain near Vercellae in Gallia Cisalpina (modern day Northern Italy). A Germanic-Celtic confederation under the command of the Cimbric king Boiorix was defeated by a Roman army under the joint command of the consul Gaius Marius and the proconsul Quintus Lutatius Catulus.^[3] The battle marked the end of the Germanic threat to the Roman Republic.^[4]