🚩 Related videos: Battle of Arausio, 105 BC (Cimbrian War Part 1): Battle of Aqua Sextiae, 102 BC (Cimbrian War Part 2): Battle of Vercellae, 101 BC (Cimbrian War Part 3): 🔔 Subscribe for more history 🚩 If you like what you see, consider supporting my work on Patreon and you get ad-free early access to my videos for as little as $1 🚩 In the summer of 101 BC, the Roman Republic stood on the brink of another defining confrontation. The threat from the north had not yet been extinguished, as the Teutones’ defeat at Aqua Sextiae left their allies, the Cimbri, still a formidable force. These northern warriors, hardened by years of wandering and conquest, had regrouped in the plains of northern Italy, where they posed a dire challenge to Rome’s survival. Consuls Gaius Marius and Quintus Lutatius Catulus now commanded the combined might of Rome’s reformed legions. The Senate had granted them extraordinary powers, knowing that a single failure could open the way for barbarian devastation across the Italian heartland. For Marius, the stakes were deeply personal. His military reforms and hard-won reputation would be tested one final time. 🚩 Credit to: Albert Gregl denis_cliofas Lazanja AdamSwann97 📢 Narrated by David McCallion 🎼 Music: EpidemicSound Filmstro Kevin MacLeod 📖 Sources and Citations: R. J. Evans — “Rome’s Cimbric Wars (114–101 BC) and their impact on the Iberian Peninsula,” Acta Classica 48 (2005) M. J. Taylor — “Tactical Reform in the Late Roman Republic: The View from Italy,” Historia 68 (2019) Adrian Goldsworthy — The Roman Army at War: 100 BC–AD 200 Adrian Goldsworthy — The Complete Roman Army Richard J. Evans — Gaius Marius: A Political Biography Mike Duncan — The Storm Before the Storm (2017) Nic Fields — The Cimbrian War 113–101 BC (Osprey Campaign, 2023) Plutarch — Life of Marius Florus — Epitome of Roman History #history #rome #documentary