people
Cimbri
A migratory northern people who, with the Teutones, invaded the Roman world in the late second century BC and were destroyed by Marius (102–101 BC); Caesar invokes them as the precedent for a German irruption into Italy.
Reading notes
- The Gallic War §1.33.3 Cimbri
A migratory northern people who, with the Teutones, overran much of the Roman world before Marius destroyed them in 102–101 BC; Caesar cites them as the precedent for a German thrust into Italy.