{"slug": "cimbri", "label": "Cimbri", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimbri", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106599", "qid": "Q106599", "description": "Germanic tribe", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [-119, 5], "span_label": ["120 BCE", "5 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "danube", "label": "Danube", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-rome", "label": "Ancient Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-senate", "label": "Roman Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "austria", "label": "Austria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "celts", "label": "Celts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rhone", "label": "Rhône", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "toulouse", "label": "Toulouse", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gaius-marius", "label": "Gaius Marius", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -119, "year_label": "120 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Teutons and the Cimbri migrate south and west to the Danube valley where they encounter the expanding Roman Republic (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368395489#Europe", "title": "120 BC", "revid": 1368395489, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": -112, "year_label": "113 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Noreia: The Cimbri and Teutones cross the Danube and enter the lands of the Celtic tribe, the Taurisci (centered in what is now Austria and north-eastern Italy). The latter sent emissaries to Rome, seeking help in dealing with the migration. The Senate sends consul Gnaeus Papirius Carbo across the Julian Alps, to deal with the migration at the head of an army (some 30,000 men). He offers guides to escort them out of the territory of the Taurisci. The guides are instructed to lead the tribes to the town of Noreia, where Carbo sets an ambush. The Cimbri manage to discover Carbo's plan, they turn the tables and defeat the Romans during an ambush. Carbo manages to escape with the remnants of his consular army (some 6,000 men) during a heavy thunderstorm. Later, he is indicted by the Senate for losing the battle, but escapes conviction by committing suicide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1259352573#Roman_Republic", "title": "113 BC", "revid": 1259352573, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -108, "year_label": "109 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A Roman army under Marcus Junius Silanus is defeated by the Cimbri and Teutones near the river Rhône.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325703810#Roman_Republic", "title": "109 BC", "revid": 1325703810, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -106, "year_label": "107 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In the course of the migration of the Cimbrians and Teutons, a Germanic-Celtic confederation including the Helvetic tribes of the Tigurinians and Tougenians, under the leadership of Divico, ambush and defeat the Roman legions under Lucius Cassius Longinus, Lucius Caesoninus and Gaius Popillius Laenas at the Battle of Burdigala on the Garonne. As a result, the town of Tolosa, populated by the Volcae, revolts against the Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325703654#Roman_Republic", "title": "107 BC", "revid": 1325703654, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -104, "year_label": "105 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 6", "text": "October 6 – The Battle of Arausio, where the Cimbri destroy two Roman armies on the Rhône, is the most severe defeat of Roman forces since the Battle of Cannae.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1225571066#Roman_Republic", "title": "105 BC", "revid": 1225571066, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -101, "year_label": "102 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Cimbri defeat the Consul Quintus Lutatius Catulus in the Adige Valley.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325703607#Roman_Republic", "title": "102 BC", "revid": 1325703607, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -100, "year_label": "101 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Boiorix, king of the Cimbri (killed at the Battle of Vercellae)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295629722#Deaths", "title": "101 BC", "revid": 1295629722, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -100, "year_label": "101 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – Battle of Vercellae (Battle of the Raudine Plain or Battle of Campi Raudii): The Roman consuls Gaius Marius and Manius Aquillius defeat the Cimbri.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295629722#Roman_Republic", "title": "101 BC", "revid": 1295629722, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": 5, "year_label": "5 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "AD 5 – The Germanic tribes of Cimbri and Charydes send ambassadors to Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365712040#Roman_Empire", "title": "0s", "revid": 1365712040, "section": "Events › Roman Empire"}}]}