Battle of Vercellae

Battle of Vercellae
	Part of the Cimbrian War
	; 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
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)
	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 Germanic-Celtic 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. The battle marked the end of the Germanic threat to the Roman Republic.

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