Battle of Aquae Sextiae

Battle of Aquae Sextiae
Part of the Cimbrian War
John Harris Valda: The Battle of Aquae Sextiae in 102 BC
Date 102 BC Location Modern Aix-en-Provence, France 43°31′41″N 5°27′7″E / 43.52806°N 5.45194°E / 43.52806; 5.45194 Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Teutones Ambrones	Roman Republic
Commanders and leaders
Teutobod	Gaius Marius
Strength
The Battle against the Ambrones c. 30,000 (the warriors of the Ambrones) The Battle of Aquae Sextiae c. 100,000–200,000 (the warriors of the entire tribal coalition)[a]	The Battle against the Ambrones c. 32,000–40,000 (six legions + auxiliaries) The Battle of Aquae Sextiae c. 32,000–40,000 (six legions + auxiliaries)
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The Battle of Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) took place in 102 BC. After a string of Roman defeats (see: the Battle of Noreia, the Battle of Burdigala, and the Battle of Arausio^[1][2]), the Romans under Gaius Marius finally defeated the Teutones and Ambrones as they attempted to advance through the Alps into Italy.^[3][4] Some of the surviving captives are reported to have been among the rebelling gladiators in the Third Servile War.^[5] Local lore associates the name of the mountain, Mont St. Victoire, with the Roman victory at the battle of Aquae Sextiae, but Frédéric Mistral and other scholars have debunked this theory.^[6]

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