c.110 | CIMBRI confederation, in Helveti land from 112, move west into Rhone valley in the Roman province of Narbonensis. Cimbri remain until 104. Teutons remain until 102. | 110 B76 I-480, GHH 109 hifiCT no date: OCD 240 |
c.110 | CONTONIATUS, king of the Iontora(?) in Gaul, maintains friendly relations with Romans. | 110 atl2 |
c.109 | More wandering Germanics cross the Rhine into Gaul. | 109 hifiCT |
c.109 | Germanic CIMBRI ask to settle on Roman land. Senate refuses. | 109 LdHR 2-240, atl2 |
c.109 | Consul M. Junius SILANUS is sent to Transalpine Gaul. He is defeated by the Cimbri. | 109 CAH 9-24, DGRBM 1-655, 2-955, 3-819, DGRG 1-954, GHH, LdHR 2-240, MCAW, SORH, atl2, wikGM no date: OCD 240 |
c.108 | Consul M.(1) Aurelius Scaurus is defeated by the Cimbri. | 108 SORH |
c.107 | Consul L.(2) Cassius LONGINUS enters Gallia Narbonensis to oppose the Cimbri confederation in defense of Allobroge allies. | 107 DGRG 1-954, hifiHlv |
c.107 | TIGURNI (subtribe of Helvetii) under chief Divico move down the Rhone. | 107 LdHR 2-240 |
c.107 | TOLOSA, under Romans from ?, rebels, becomes capital of the Volcae Tectosages. | 107 SORH |
c.107 | The TIGURINI defeated by Consul L.(2) CASSIUS LONGINUS by lake Geneva. | 107 DGRBM 2-955 |
c.107 | Consul L.(2) CASSIUS LONGINUS gains ground against the Volcae near Tolosa. | 107 wikRGG |
107 | Consul L.(2) CASSIUS LONGINUS is defeated by the Helvetian Tigurini under chief Divico at Burdigala Aquitania. CASSIUS is killed. Senior surviving officer C. Popillius Laenas saves the lives of the remaining soldiers by surrendering half the baggage and a humiliating agreement. Remnants of army are allowed to escape after surrendering possessions and passing under a yoke. | 107 CAH 9-24, 92, DGRBM 1-655, 1057, SORH, atl2, hifiBtc, wikGM, wikBB, wikHlv, wikRGG |
c.107 | Grandfather of L. Calpurnius Piso, L. PISO is killed in battle at Burdigala. | 107 hifiHlv |
c.107 | The BELENDI, a subtribe of Biturices Vivisci, probably following the Cimbri, become detached. | 107 hifiBtc |
c.106 | Consul Q.(2) Servilius CAEPIO goes from Italy to Gaul until 105/4. | 106 wikGM |
c.106 | Q.(2) Servilius CAEPIO recaptures TOLOSA, capital of the Volcae Tectosages, and removes sacred treasures from its temple: over 50,000 15-pound bars of gold and 10,000 15-pound bars of silver. Border of Provence is now extended to Tolosa. | 106 DGRBM 2-1209, DGRG 1-955, 2-672, SORH, atl2, wikGM 106/5 DGRG 2-1216, wikRGG 105 LdHR 2-241 |
c.106 | The GOLD of TOLOSA is transported to Massilia. Most of it vanishes. | 106 wikGM |
c.105 | Consular legate M. Aurelius SCAURUS is defeated and captured by Cimbri. When brought before the leaders, he warns them not to cross the Alps, and is thereupon killed by Boiorix, one of the chiefs. | 107 GHH 105 DGRBM 3-738, atl2 |
c.105 | Q.(2) Servilius CAEPIO, in Transalpine Gaul from 106, made proconsul. | Cisalpine 105 wikQSC |
c.105 | Consul Gn. MALLIUS MAXIMUS, a novus homo, is sent to reinforce proconsul Q.(2) Servilius Caepio. | 105 B76 I-480, DGRG 1-955 |
c.105 | Q.(2) Servilius CAEPIO, proconsul of Gaul, refuses to cooperate with consul Gn. Mallius Maximus against the Cimbri confederation. | 105 DGRBM 1-534, OCD 188, atl2, wikRGG 104 LdHR 2-241 |
c.105 Oct | Consul Gn. Mallius Maximus is camped on the east bank of the Rhone. Proconsul Caepio is camped on the west bank at ARAUSIO. The Cimbri and Teutons storm one camp after the other. Caepio's army is destroyed. The remnant of treasure he took from Tolosa is lost. 80,000 troops and 40,000 camp followers are killed, all because of the arrogance of Caepio. Q. Sertorius, escapes by swimming over the Rhone in his armor. | 105 B76 I-480, 11-504, 15-1101, CAH 9-24, DGRBM 2-955, 3-788, DGRG 1-955, 1080, 2-1216, Dur 3-110, GHH, LEWH 105, MCAW, OCD 188, 240, SORH, TTPC, atl2, bk, hifiBo, wikHlv, wikGM, wikRGG 104 LdHR 2-241 |
105 | After Arausio, Q.(2) Servilius CAEPIO and consul Gn. Mallius MAXIMUS advance against Germanic tribes: Teutoni, Cimbri, and Tigurini/Marcomanni/Cherusci. | 105 wikQSC |
105/4 | Q.(2) Servilius CAEPIO, in Transalpine Gaul from 106, proconsul from 105, fired from command, returns to Rome, accused of many things. | 105 atl2 winter 105/4 OCD 188 |
105/4 | C. Flavius FIMBRIA takes over command in Gaul against the Cimbri. He is elected consul in absentia. | winter 105/4 wikRGG |
c.104 | Germanic CIMBRI, in Rhone valley from 110, ravage the country between the Rhone and Pyrenees, then enter Spain until 102. They conflict with the Celtiberi. | 105 SORH 105/4 GHH 104 atl2 no date: DGRG 1-955, 1080, OCD 240 |
c.104 | COPILLUS, leader of Tectosages, captured by L. Cornelius SULLA. | 104 atl2 |
c.104 | C. Marius with new army enters Gaul and remains defensive. | 104 SORH |
c.104 | ARLES (formerly Arelate) Gaul, under Rome 123-?, rebuilt. Canal dug to Mediterranean. | 104 wikAr |
c.103 | Germanic CIMBRI, in Spain from 104 expelled by the Celtiberi, return to Rhone valley. | 104 GHH 103 DGRG 1-1080, SORH, atl2 102 Dur 3-119, wikGM no date: OCD 240 |
Cimbri ally with Helveti and Teutons for joint invasion of Cisalpine Gaul, The Teutons from Narbonensis, the Cimbri by Brenner Pass, and the Tigurini from the northeast. |
c.103 | Germanic CIMBRI approach Italy. | 103 GHH |
c.103 | Consul C. MARIUS marches army from Rome to Transalpine Gaul. L. Sulla is his legate. | 103 CAH 9, DGRG 1-955 |
c.103 | Consul C. MARIUS trains army in Transalpine Gaul. Having recruited a motley mob with lavish promises, he now has to discipline them harshly into an army. Homosexuality is punished with death. | 103 CAH 9 102 MCAW |
c.103 | C. LUSIUS, neph of C. Marius, military tribune in the Cimbri war from 111, killed by his tent-comrader Trebonius for attempting a homosexual assault on him. Marius acquits Trebonius and rewards him with a crown, an honor usually reserved for a soldier who saves another in battle. | 106 DGRBM 2-843 104 atl2 no date: wikTT |
c.103 | Consul C. MARIUS, at war with the Cimbri and Teutons, sends a letter to test the loyalty of the Gauls and Ligurii. Letter commands them in the first part not to open the inner part, which is sealed, before a certain date. Afterwards, before that date had arrived, he demands the letter back, and finds all seals broken. | 103 atl2 |
c.103 | C. MARIUS, in Gaul 103, has to return to Rome to manage elections, because consul Orestes has died. | 103 wikGM |
c.102 | Consul C. MARIUS returns to Gaul until 101. | 102 implied |
c.102 | Consul C. MARIUS fortifies his camp and digs a new channel at mouth of the Rhone. | 102 atl2 |
c.102 | L. Cornelius SULLA Felix defeats the Tectosages, who are in arms against the Romans, and takes their king Copill prisoner. | 103/2 DGRG 1-955 |
c.102 | SULLA, now at odds with Marius, gets himself transferred to the staff of consul Catulus. | 102 MCAW |
c.102 | CIMBRI and TEUTONS decide to approach Italy by different routes. | 102 atl2 |
c.102 | Consul C. Marius entrenches himself near the junction of the Rhone and the Isere. | 102 DGRG 1-955, LdHR 2-244 |
c.102 | TEUTONS under king Teutobodus, and AMBRONES in the Rhone valley from 110, move toward Alps, pass camp of camp of Marius. Neither attacks. They ask the Romans if they have any messages for their wives. They take 6 days to get past the camp. | 102 DGRG 1-955, Dur 3-119, LdHR 2-244, atl2 |
c.102 | Q. SERTORIUS, soldier under Marius, goes as a spy into camp of the Teutons. | 102 B76 IX-74, DGRBM 3-788, atl2 |
c.102 | Consul C. MARIUS attacks rear of a column of Teutons under Teutobodus and defeats them in 2 battles near AQUAE SEXTIAE 20 km northeast of Massilia. 200,000 Teutons killed, 90,000 captured. King Teutobodus is either killed or captured. | 102 B76 I-169, 7-960, 8-40, 11-504, CAH 9, DGRBM 3-1015, DGRG 1-169, 955, 2-1120, 1133, Dur 3-110, 119, GHH, LdHR 2-246, MCAW, OCD 648, SORH, TTPC, atl2, wikGM, wikTAR, wikRGG 102/1 B76 15-1101 |
c.102 | After Aquae Sextiae Consul C. MARIUS burns a pile of German weapons in sacrifice to Mars. While doing this, he receives news of his re-election as consul for 101. | 102 MCAW |
c.102 | 6,000 Teuton survivors settle between the Meuse and Scheldt rivers, become ancestors of the Atuatuci. | 102 DGRG 2-1133 |
c.102 | Consul C. MARIUS sells off plunder from Teutons. | 102 atl2 |
c.102 | Consul C. MARIUS defeats Ambrones, a subtribe of Helvetii. | 102 bk, wikRGG |
c.101 | Germanic CIMBRI, in Rhone valley, cross east thru Helveti land, cross eastern Alps by Brenner Pass, some sliding down the slopes on their shields, into Venetia. | 101 DGRBM 2-956, DGRG 1-945, LdHR 2-247 no date: OCD 240 |
c.101 | C. MARIUS, in Gaul 102, crosses back into Italy because the Cimbri are there. | 101 DGRBM 2-956 |
c.101 | CIMBRI and TEUTONES WAR with Rome from 113 ends. Germans will not threaten Rome for 5 centuries. | 101 Dur 3-110 |
c.101 | Germanic CIMBRI withdraw from Italy to north of Alps. The destruction of these invaders keeps Northern Gallia quiet for a time, and there will be no great movement of barbarians until the Helveti migration 58. | 101 guess |
c.101 | Boiorix, king of the Cimbri (& Boii?) ends. | 101 hifiBo |
c.101 | Tigurini branch of Helvetii retreat after defeat of Cimbri. | 101 atl2 |
c.101 | NORICUM, Celtic kingdom from 400, comes under Rome until ?. | 101 ooctA |
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