Battle of Clastidium

When

222 BCE

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

45.02° N, 9.13° E

Description

battle during the Roman-Gaulish wars (222 BC)

Battle during the Roman-Gallic wars (222 BC)

The Battle of Clastidium was fought in 222 BC between a Roman army led by the consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus and a Celtic force of the transalpine Gaesatae, called by the cisalpine Insubres. The Gaesatae were led by Viridomarus (Florus) or Britomartus (Plutarch), as the name varies in translation.

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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 “The Romans split their forces”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Sieg der Römer unter Marcus Claudius Marcellus über die keltischen Insubrer unter Viridomarus (fällt im Kampf) in der Schlacht von Clastidium (heute: Casteggio)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bataille de Clastidium”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ウィリドマルスに率いられたガリア人のガエサタエとインスブレス族に、執政官マルクス・クラウディウス・マルケッルスの率いるローマ軍がクラスティディウムの戦いで勝利し”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page