Battle of Aquae Sextiae

When

102 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

43.53° N, 5.45° E

Description

102 BCE battle of the Cimbrian War

Battle during the Cimbrian War (102 BC)

The Battle of Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) took place in 102 BC. After a series of Roman defeats at the Battle of Noreia, the Battle of Burdigala, and most notably at the Battle of Arausio, the Romans under Gaius Marius finally defeated the Teutons and Ambrones as they attempted to advance through the Alps into Italy. Local lore associates the name of the mountain, Mont St.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Gaius Marius defeats the Sciri and Teutones at Aix-en-Provence (or Battle of Aquae Sextae)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Aquae Sextiae, dem heutigen Aix-en-Provence (Südfrankreich), werden die Teutonen und Ambronen von Marius besiegt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Automne : le consul romain Marius inflige deux défaites successives décisives aux Ambrons et aux Teutons à la bataille dAquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Марий наносит поражение тевтонам в битве при Аквах Секстиевых в Нарбонской Галлии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ガイウス・マリウスがアクアエ・セクスティアエの戦い（エクス＝アン＝プロヴァンス）でスキタイとテウトネス族を破った。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Cimbrian War113 BCE · War