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  Gnaeus Papirius Carbo (consul 113 BC) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo was a Roman general and was consul with Gaius Caecilius Metellus Caprarius in 113 BC.
In 112 BC, Carbo led a Roman army against the Cimbri and the Teutons at the Battle of Noreia, which was the first engagement between the Romans and the Proto-Germans.
Carbo lost the battle but managed to escape with his life and the remnants of his army (though some sources state that he did not survive the battle).
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 Gnaeus Papirius Carbo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A member of the Carbones of the plebeian gens Papiria, and nephew of Gaius Papirius Carbo (consul of 120), he was a strong supporter of the Marian party, and took part in the blockade of Rome (87 BC).
Cinna and Carbo declared themselves consuls for the following year, and large bodies of troops were transported across the Adriatic Sea; but when Cinna was murdered by his own soldiers, who refused to engage in civil war, Carbo was obliged to bring them back.
In 82 BC Carbo, then consul for the third time with Gaius Marius the Younger, fought an indecisive engagement with Sulla near Clusium, but was defeated with great loss in an attack on the camp of Sulla's general, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius near Faventia.
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 Carbo
Carbo (Carbone in Latin) is the name of a Roman plebeian family of the gens Papiria.
His son, Gaius Papirius Carbone, surnamed Arvina, was a staunch supporter of the aristocracy, and was put to death by the Marian party in 82.
In 82 Carbo, then consul for the third time with the younger Marius, fought an indecisive engagement with Sulla near Clusium, but was defeated with great loss in an attack on the camp of Sulla's general, Q.
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 Carbo Diet -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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A member of the plebeian Carbos of the gens Papiria, and nephew of Gaius Papirius Carbo (consul of 120), he was a strong supporter of the Marian party, and took part in the blockade of Rome (87 BC).
In 82 BC Carbo, then consul for the third time with the younger Marius, fought an indecisive engagement with Sulla near Clusium, but was defeated with great loss in an attack on the camp of Sulla's general, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius near Faventia.
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 Carbo
Carbo was suspected of having been concerned in the sudden death of Scipio (129).
Cinna and Carbo declared themselves consuls for the followin year, and large bodies of troops were transported across the Adriatic; but when Cinna was murdered by his own soldiers, who refused to engage in civil war, Carbo was obliged to bring them back.
In 82 Carbo, then consul for the third time with the younger Marius, fought an indecisive engagementwith Sulla near Clusium, but was defeated with great loss in an attack on the camp of Sulla's general, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius near Faventia.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Carbo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Carbo (Carbone) was a plebeian family within the ''gens'' Papiria of ancient Rome.
Gaius Papirius Carbo, son of the consul, tribune c.
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, consul three times during the 80s BC
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It was the common belief that they had been driven from their homes on the North Sea by inundations, but, whatever the cause of their migration, they had been wandering along the Danube for some years warring with the Celtic tribes on either bank.
Their request for land was not granted, and in 109 B.C. they defeated the consul Marcus Junius Silanus in southern Gaul, but did not at once follow up the victory.
In 105 they returned to the attack under their king Boiorix, and favoured by the dissensions of the Roman commanders Gnaeus Mallius Maximus and Caepio, defeated them in detail and annihilated their armies at Arausio (Orange).
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Lucius Valerius Flaccus was to became Cinna's colleague in 85 BC but was murdered by Gaius Flavius Fimbria.
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo became Cinna's colleague in Flaccus' stead.
In 84, Cinna, during his fourth year as consul, was forced to advance against Sulla; but while embarking his troops for Liburnia, Illyricum, he was killed in a mutiny (App.
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 Roman Timeline 100B.C.E. - 14 C.E.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Carbo raises an army of 100,000 men but they are mostly untrained men and unfit for battle.
Gaius Marius, the son of Marius, and Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, the consuls, raise an army which in the main comes from Samnium and Etruria.
Gnaeus and Sextus who command an army of thirteen legions, at Munda [The young Octavian, 17, is with him].
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 Cimbri lmoney.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Similarly, there is no consensus on the ethnic composition of the Ambrones, while the Teutons are usually taken to have been a Germanic or Proto-Germanic tribe.
On the request of the Roman consul Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, sent to defend the Taurisci, they retreated only to find themselves deceived and attacked at Battle of Noreia.
The Roman commanders, the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and the consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus, hindered Roman coordination and so the Cimbri succeeded in first defeating the legate Marcus Aurelius Scaurus and later cause a devastating defeat on Caepio and Maximus at the Battle of Arausio.
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 Carbon?
Carbo (meaning coal; charcoal) used to be the cognomen of the Papirii family.
Carbo was tribune 92BC, fought in the Social War and supported Cinna's attack on Rome in 87.
Carbo then fled to Africa where he was executed by Pompey.
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 Carbo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It frees woman from the common diseases frequently suffered such as delayed and irregular menstruations, back-aches and stomach-aches along menstruation and even to tighten stomach muscles and uterus muscles.
The following are the most important members in Roman history: 1.- GAIUS PAPIRIUS CARBO, Statesman and orator.
He was associated with C. Gracchus in carrying out the provision of the agrarian law of Tiberius Gracchus.
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 Cimbrian_war info here at en.bottom-email.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The following year Roman Consul Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, led the legions into Noricum, and after making an impressive show of force, took up a strong defensive position and demanded the Cimbri and their allies leave the province immediately.
Italy was now open to invasion, yet for some reason, the Cimbri and their allies headed west over the alps and into Gaul.
In 107 BC, the Romans lost again, this time to the Tigurines, who were allies of the Cimbri they had met on their way through the Alps.
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 Cimbri Did You Mean cimbri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
At this time, if not before, they had picked up substantial Celtic elements, as allies and the majority of the migrating Cimbri may have been Celtic, such as the Ambrones.
On the request of the Roman consul Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, sent to defend the Taurisci, they retreated only to find themselves deceived and attacked at Noreia.
The Roman commanders, the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and the consul Gnaeus Manlius Maximus, hindered Roman coordination and so the Cimbri succeeded in first defeating the legate Marcus Aurelius Scaurus and later cause a devastating defeat on Caepio and Manlius at the Battle of Arausio.
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 Sulla
Far more he simply marched on Rome and took it by force.
The consuls Gnaeus Papirius Carbo and Marius the Younger could not raise an army powerful enough to fend him off.
He was not to take power as an elected consul, but in the position of dictator, a post specially set aside in the Roman constitution for times of military crisis.
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 Biographies: Cinna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He collected an army and, together with Marius, captured Rome.
The death of Marius in January 86 left Cinna in control, and he remained consul, with Lucius Valerius Flaccus in 86 and with Gnaeus Papirius Carbo in 85-84.
During this period Cinna enacted economic reforms and began enforcement of the Sulpician voting rights measure.
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 The Pontifex Maximus on the MC elections
"Concerning the upcoming elections for the Magister Collegi, I believe Gnaeus Papirius Carbo is the best candidate for Magister Collegi.
He is a Senior Consul, while the rest are only Privatus and Tribunes.
I urge all to put their support behind Carbo."
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