Battle of Vercellae

Battle of Vercellae
	Part of the Cimbrian War; and Roman–Germanic Wars
	; 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 Italy45°19′0.001″N 8°25′0.001″E / 45.31666694°N 8.41666694°E
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 300 killed (Florus)	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)
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Italy Battle of Vercellae (Europe)

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 Celto-Germanic 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]

^ Lynda Telford, Sulla: A Dictator Reconsidered, p. 65.
^ Marc Hyden, Gaius Marius, p. 151; Florus, Epitome 1.38.14.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Catulus" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 05 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 545; para two, lines three and four. 2. Quintus Lutatius Catulus,..... In 101 the Cimbri were defeated on the Raudine plain, near Vercellae, by the united armies of Catulus and Marius.
^ Dawson, Edward. "Cimbri & Teutones". The History Files. Kessler Associates. Retrieved 18 May 2016.