(1) Intereā Cimbrī et Teutonēs, quōrum cōpia adhūc īnfīnīta erat, ad Ītaliam trānsiērunt. Iterum ā C. Mariō et Q. Catulō contrā eōs dīmicātum est, sed ā Catulī parte fēlīcius.
(2) Nam proeliō, quod simul ambō gessērunt, CXL mīlia aut in pūgnā aut in fugā caesa sunt, LX mīlia capta. Rōmānī mīlitēs ex utrōque exercitū trecentī periērunt. Tria et trīgintā Cimbrīs sīgna sublāta sunt; ex hīs exercitus Marīī duo reportāvit, Catulī exercitus XXXI. Is bellī fīnis fuit; triumphus utrīque dēcrētus est.
notes
Battle of Vercellae, 101 BCE
Livy, Epitome 68; Plutarch, Marius 25–27.
(1) Cimbrī et Teutonēs: for discussion on the Cimbri and Teutones, see Brev. 5.1.
ā C. Mariō et Q. Catulō: Catulus at first tried to hold the Cimbri in the Adige valley near Tridentum (Trento) but was forced to retreat south of the Po. His command was prolonged into 101 BCE, when he was joined by Marius and in August of that year their combined forces of over 50,000, under the senior command of Marius, met and crushed the Cimbri on the Raudine Plain near Vercellae (Bird).
dīmicātum est: impersonal verb (AG 207). Before the battle, the Cimbri demanded that lands should be given them for themselves and the Teutones. "The Teutons," replied Marius, "have all the land they need on the other side of the Alps" (Hazzard).
ā Catulī parte: "on the part of Catulus" (Hazzard)
fēlīcius: "more successfully," comparative adverb > fēlix (LS fēlix II.B.2.b; AG 218)
(2) mīlia: supply hominum
LX mīlia capta: supply sunt.
sīgna: "standards." For more information on standards, see signa militaria
sublāta sunt: pf. > tollo
triumphus: for more information on triumphs, see triumphs
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
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intereā [inter + is], adv. |
in the meantime, meanwhile |
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Cimbrī, ōrum, pl. m. |
the Cimbri, a Germanic tribe which, together with the Teutones, invaded Italy, and was defeated by Marius, 101 B.C. |
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Teutonēs, um, pl. m. |
the Teutonēs, a Germanic people which with the Cimbri invaded Italy, but were defeated by Marius, 102 B.C. |
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īnfīnītus, a, um [in + fīniō], adj. |
unbounded, vast, enormous; numberless; as subst., īnfīnītum, ī, n., a large amount, a large number |
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fēlīciter [fēlīx], adv., comp. fēlicius, sup. fēlicissimē |
luckily, happily |
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C. |
abbreviation of the praenomen Gaius |
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Marius, ī, m. |
the name of a family at Rome; (1) C. Marius, seven times consul, leader of the democratic party in the Civil war between him and Sulla. (2) C. Marius, son of (1). Consul 82 B.C.; (3) M. Aurēlius Marius, one of the Thirty Tyrants |
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Q. |
abbreviation of the praenomen Quīntus |
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Catulus, ī, m. |
a family name at Rome. (1) C. Lutātius Catulus, consul 242 B.C.; (2) Q. Lutātius (Catulus), consul 241 B.C.; (3) Q. Lutātius Catulus, consul 202 B.C.; (4) Q. (Lutātius) Catulus, consul 78 B.C. |
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dīmicō, āre, āvī, ātus |
to fight |
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ambō, ae, ō, adj. |
both |
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reportō, āre, āvī, ātus |
to carry back, report |