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	Cimbrian War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Noreia - Arausio - Aquae Sextiae – Vercellae
		The Cimbrian War (113-101 BC) was fought between the Roman Republic and the Proto-Germanic tribes of the Cimbri and the Teutons (Teutones), who migrated from northern Europe into Roman controlled territory, and clashed with Rome and her allies.
		It would be at Vercellae near the confluence of the Sesia River with the Po on the Raudine Plain, where the superiority of the new Roman legions and their cavalry would be clearly demonstrated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cimbrian_War (1833 words)

	Quintus Lutatius Catulus
		In the war against the Cimbri and Teutones[?] he was sent to defend the passage of the Alps but found himself compelled to retreat across the Po River, his troops having been reduced to a state of panic.
		But the Cimbri were defeated on the Raudine plain, near Vercellae, by the united armies of Catulus and Marius.
		Two buildings were known as "Monumenta Catuli": the temple of Portuna hujusce dei, to commemorate the day of Vercellae[?], and the Porticus Catuli, built from the sale of the Cimbrian spoils.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/qu/Quintus_Lutatius_Catulus.html (241 words)

	Catulus - LoveToKnow 1911
		Quintus Lutatius Catulus, Roman general and consul with Marius in 102 B.C. In the war against the Cimbri and Teutones he was sent to defend the passage of the Alps but found himself compelled to retreat over the Po, his troops having been reduced to a state of panic (see Marius, GAIus).
		In 101 the Cimbri were defeated on the Raudine plain, near Vercellae, by the united armies of Catulus and Marius.
		Two buildings were known as "Monumenta Catuli": the temple of Fortuna hujusce diei, to commemorate the day of Vercellae, and the Porticus Catuli, built from the sale of the Cimbrian spoils.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Catulus (597 words)

	Vercellae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 101BCE, Roman Consul Q.Catulus Caesar annihilated a large invasion force of the Germanic Cimbri near the settlement of Vercellae, located in Transpadane Gaul.
		Much credit for this victory has been given to the actions of his legate, L.Cornelius Sulla.
		The victory of Vercellae, following close on the heels of Consul Gaius Marius' defeat of the Teutones at Aquae Sextiae the previous year, put an end to Germanic plans to invade Rome.
	www.casimiro.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/v/ve/vercellae.html (95 words)

	Battle Of Vercellae info here at en.72of100e.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Battle of Vercellae, stock-still shouted The Battle of the Raudine Plain, was fought in 101 BC midway a Roman Republic brigade led by Consul Gaius Marius against a monumental invasion sinew of the Germanic Cimbri, close by the reimbursement of Vercellae (modern Vercelli) in Cisalpine Gaul.
		The two armies met Vercellae not far from the confluence of the Sesia with the Po,(25) scrupulous at the molecule where Hannibal had fought her number one havoc on Italian soil.
		The superiority of Vercellae, following warm on the heels of Marius' licking of the Teutons at the Battle of Aquae Sextiae the past year, put an borderline to Germanic intentions to invade Rome.
	en.72of100e.info /warcraft-pvp-movies/Battle_of_Vercellae (647 words)

	Marius and Sulla
		In spite of the law that laid down intervals between tenures of the same office (lex annalis), Marius was elected as consul for 104 BCE onwards until 100 BCE to deal with the invaders.
		He led the Roman armies, and in two significant battles (Aix-en-Provence in 102 BCE and Vercellae in 101 BCE) defeated the invading armies so thoroughly that it would be two generations before they again seriously troubled Rome.
		Among other things, Sulla captured a chieftain of the German tribes, persuaded another tribe to become allies of Rome, and led Catulus’ army in the Battle of Vercellae [16].
	janusquirinus.org /essays/Apollo/Background/MS1.html (1124 words)

	Vercellae Dissertation Help, Write a Dissertation on Vercellae Thesis
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	Hampden Latin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In Cisalpine Gaul ("Gaul this side of the Alps") at the town of Vercellae, Catulus and Marius defeated the Cimbri, after which the Tigurini abandoned their Italian advance.
		After Marius defeated the two German hordes at Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae he returned to Rome and was hailed as the third founder of Rome (the first two being Romulus, the actual (mythical) founder of Rome, and Camillus, the man who saved Rome from the Gauls in 390 BC).
		The old man who had been the hero of Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae and had reformed the army would still have a part to play in the death throes of the Republic.
	www.ha.sad22.us /BenJohnson/germancrisis.html (1226 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 956 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The army.of Marius had also marched into Italy, and with their united forces Marius and Catulus hastened in search of the enemy.
		They came up with them near Vercellae (Vercelli), westward of Milan, and the decisive battle was fought on the 30th of July, in a plain called the Raudii Campi, the exact position of which is uncertain, but which must have been in the neighbourhood of Vercellae.
		The Cimbri met with the same fate as the Teutones ; the slain are again spoken of as between one and two hundred thousand ; and the women, like those of the Teutones, put an end to their lives.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2064.html (854 words)

	Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. IV
		He was joined there by Lucifer of Cagliari and Eusebius of Vercellae, who were in exile in Upper Egypt.
		With a heathen once more on the throne of the Caesars, there was everything to sober Christian party spirit, and to promise success to the council which met under Athanasius during the ensuing summer.
		Among the twenty-one bishops who formed the assembly the most notable are Eusebius of Vercellae, Asterius of Petra, and Dracontius of Lesser Hermopolis and Adelphius of Onuphis, the friends and correspondents of Athanasius.
	www.bible.ca /history/fathers/NPNF2-04/Npnf2-04-65.htm (1071 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 66 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Caecina, while he was still on the north side of the Alps, received intelligence that a body of cavalry on the Po had taken the oath to Vitellius, under whom they had formerly served in Africa.
		Mediolanum (Milan), Vercellae, and other towns in North Italy, followed this example.
		Caecina having sent some Gallic, Lusitanian, British, and German troops over the mountains to support his new friends, led his soldiers across the Pennine Alps, through the snow with which they were still covered.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2400.html (1127 words)

	Giants in Western Europe
		Of the Cimbri at Vercellae, only the sixty thousand that Marius took prisoner and an unknown number who fled the battlefield survived.
		Following Marius' bloody massacre of the Teutones and Ambrones at Aquae Sextiae in 102 B.C., Boiorix, king of the Cimbri, rode boldly into the Roman camp and challenged Marius to a fight to the finish.
		For their battlefield the two commanders settled on the nearby plain of Vercellae.
	www.stevequayle.com /Giants/W.Europe/W.Europe12.html (1557 words)

	CHURCH FATHERS: Letter 63 (Ambrose)
		The letter seems to have been written A.D. AMBROSE, a servant of Christ, called to be a Bishop, to the Church of Vercellae, and to those who call on the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Grace be fulfilled unto you in the Holy Spirit from God the Father and His only-begotten Son.
		If the ordination was not postponed it was because of constraint, and if humility suitable to the priestly office be not wanting, where there is no reason blame will not be imputed to him.
		For Eusebius of holy memory was the first in Western lands to bring together these differing matters, both while living in the city observing the rules of the monks, and ruling the Church with fasting and temperance.
	www.newadvent.org /fathers/340963.htm (9379 words)

	Marius - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Marius was in Rome, and after becoming elected consul for 101 and deferring his triumph over the Teutoni, he marched north to join Catulus, whose command was prorogued into 101.
		Finally, in the summer of that year a battle was fought at Vercellae in Cisalpine Gaul.
		Once again, Roman discipline overcame a larger barbarian force.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Marius (3339 words)

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	Cord Blomquist Online
		I am near the settlement of Vercellae, located in Transpadane, Gaul.
		The forces of Consul Quintus Lutatius Catulus Caesar, and his legate, Lucius Cornelius Sulla are bearing down on a group Cimbri soldiers.
		Because of these needs Rome laid out a settlement that would shape its own policies as well as the policies of its adversaries for more than a century to come.
	www.whiteglovecollection.com /2cord/publish/cat_index_27.shtml (225 words)

	Near Vercellae... a Meeting
		Scouts that reconnoitred the area the day before reported that the Rebel army appeared to be camped in and around the city of Taurmenium, mostly to the eastern side.
		A further large encampment, that of the Gallic migrants, was sighted just south west of Vercellae.
		This morning however the fogs is thick and no update has been possible.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/567057 (253 words)

	St. Ambrose of Milan, Letters (1881). pp. 354-420. Letters 61-70.
		He then speaks of the qualities to be looked for in a true Bishop, and urges them to choose one worthy to succeed to the see of the holy martyr Eusebius, and, recurring to the examples of the old Testament, dwells on the history of Elijah.
		He ends by a general exhortation to all the Church of Vercellae to the chief Christian virtues, after the model of S. Paul's Epistles, to which the outline of this letter bears a general resemblance.
		For Eusebius of blessed memory was the first to bring together in the West these two differing requisites, and though living in the city observed the monastic institute, and with the government of his Church united the sobriety of an ascetic life.
	www.tertullian.org /fathers/ambrose_letters_07_letters61_70.htm (19845 words)

	The End of the Republic - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		The Germans, instead of continuing their invasion of Italy, stayed in the sub-alpine region.
		In 101 BC, Marius joined with Catulus and crushed the Germans at Vercellae.
		After the death of the tribune Livius Drusus, son of the tribune that had opposed Gracchus, and his Italian enfranchisement bill, the Senate sent a commission to travel through Italy and visit the disaffected towns.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/The-End-of-the-Republic-215505.html (1265 words)

	Ancient Roman Empire Forums > Cimbrian War- Under Rated.
		The number disparity was certainly there in all 4 examples, why does the supposed Roman superiority only come into play when they win and there must be some other excuse when they lost?
		Maybe it truly was the genius of Marius (as well as Sulla at Vercellae), including tactics, training and discipline, (along with the cavalry ambush Marius set at Aquae Sextiae) and not physical superiority that is really whats important.
		Hannibal was outnumbered at Cannae but he still won.
	www.unrv.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t3134.html (4761 words)

	Great Battles of Caesar for PC Review - PC Great Battles of Caesar Review
		The heart of Great Battles of Caesar is of course the battles themselves.
		Nine are included, seven of which actually have something to do with Caesar (two, Vercellae and Chaeronea, cover two Roman battles fought before Caesar's time in the first century BC).
		Some of the battles have variants or additional conditions that make them a little more interesting.
	www.gamespot.com /pc/strategy/greatbattlesofcaesar/review.html (1336 words)

	Ambrose - Nicene & Post-Nicene, Series 2 - Writing of the Early Church Fathers on StudyLight.org
		Limenius, Bishop of Vercellae, having died, the see remained long vacant owing to domestic factions.
		The letter seems to have been written a.d.
		Now since there are dissensions among you, how can we decree anything, or you elect, or anyone agree to undertake this office amongst those who are at variance which he could hardly sustain amongst those who are at unity.
	www.studylight.org /his/ad/ecf/pos/ambrose/view.cgi?file=npnf2-10-58.htm (2038 words)

	Italian Peninsula, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The population is sold into slavery and Carthaginian territory becomes a Roman province.
		• 101 B.C. Marius defeats the Cimbri at Vercellae.
		His campaigns against the Germanic invaders, which seriously threaten Rome's existence, lead to the creation of a professional standing army at Rome.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/04/eust/ht04eust.htm (1389 words)

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		Welcome to the Vercellae Certamen, commemorating how Rome was saved by a great victory at Vercellae.
		Marius won much of the credit for this victory.
		There are other reasons a general might have an agnomen, including simply inheriting it from his father, e.g., P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (the Africanus was inherited).
	www.speakeasy.org /~bwduncan/cqd203.txt (4231 words)

	101 B.C. - events and references
		Marius joins up with the army of Catulus.
		{30 July -R} Marius and Catulus destroy the Cimbri at Campi Raudii, near Vercellae.
		News of the battle of Vercellae miraculously reaches Rome on the same day.
	www.attalus.org /bc2/year101.html (252 words)

	Sword of Rome Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		NOTE: Deck was reshuffled before deal due to Reshuffle card play last turn.
		3 CU to Vercellae, 1 CU to Bononia, 1 CU and Minor C in Pavatium.
		T-Gaul Control marker, Minor leader and 2 CU in Eporedia.
	acts.warhorsesim.com /dynamic/journal.asp?id=15011 (675 words)

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		THE CERTAMEN QUESTIONS DATABASE http://www.speakeasy.org/~bwduncan/ THESE QUESTIONS COURTESY OF: GAIUS STERN EVENT: CAL CERTAMEN IV "THE VERCELLAE CERTAMEN" LOCATION: BERKELEY, CA LEVEL: ADVANCED DIFFICULTY RATING: **** DATE: DECEMBER 5, 1999 # OF QUESTIONS: 75 NOTE: QUESTIONS WERE COMBINED FROM FIVE ROUNDS.
		SOME HAVE BEEN MODIFIED FROM THEIR ORIGINAL FORMAT (FOR CLARITY).
		Welcome to the Vercellae Certamen, that battle was fought 2100 years ago.
	www.speakeasy.org /~bwduncan/cqd304.txt (4178 words)

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