The Cimbri (Greek: Κίμβροι, Kímbroi; Latin: Cimbri) were an ancient tribe in Europe. Ancient authors described them variously as a Celtic, Gaulish, Germanic, or even Cimmerian people.

The Cimbri initially set about complying peacefully with Rome's demands, but soon discovered that Carbo had laid an ambush against them. Infuriated by this treachery, they attacked and, at the Battle of Noreia, annihilated Carbo's army, almost killing Carbo in the process.

2020年1月14日 · The Cimbri coalition reached the frontiers of the Roman Republic, where they fought and defeated multiple Roman armies. Their victory at Arausio (Orange) in 105 BCE, was one of the greatest disasters in the history of Roman warfare.

Cimbri, a Germanic tribe whose military incursion into Roman Italy was thrust back in 101 bc. Forced out of what is now Denmark by overpopulation and the encroaching sea, the Cimbri pushed southward, eventually swelling in numbers by the addition of …

2017年4月13日 · The Germanic Cimbri and Teutoni tribes abandoned their homes in Jutland and began a southward migration in 120-115 B.C. In 113 B.C., they arrived in Noricum, in present-day Austria.

The Cimbri, and Teutones, were two Germanic tribes who were thought to have left their homeland in Jutland, possibly due to flooding. They were several hundred thousand strong and were searching for a new homeland, with their wives, children, and …

2024年4月17日 · When the Cimbri invaded Italy, it was the gravest threat to Rome since Hannibal. The Cimbrian War provided one man—Marius—a platform for greatness.

This is the war between Rome and the Germanic coalition of tribes, the Cimbri and Teutones,2 which is remembered for battles fought chiefly in southern Gaul and northern Italy between 105 and 101 BC, but which affected a far wider region, especially, I shall argue, the Iberian penin sula.

The term Cimbri, according to Plutarch, signified “robbers,” or, according to Mallett, the word “Cimbri” means warriors or giants; and “Cimber,” in the Gothic and German language signified a robber.

The meaning of CIMBRI is a probably Celtic or Teutonic people that invaded Italy and were destroyed by the Romans in 101 b.c..