As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It was a decisive battle fought near the present day town of Orange and the Rhone River in the larger Cimbrian War between the Roman Republic and various tribes in Europe. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. The Battle of Arausio was a battle fought between the Roman Republic and the tribes of Cimbri and Teutones roughly in the year 105 BC on October 6th. The original content was at Quintus Servilius Caepio the Younger. This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The Battle of Arausio took place on October 6, 105 BC, at a site between the town of Arausio (modern day Orange, Vaucluse) and the Rhône River. He was killed in the second year of the war while fighting the Marsi by Quintus Poppaedius Silo. He was elected praetor some time in the last 90s BC and fought for Rome during the Social War. Caepio married Livia Drusa, sister of Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger. His father was Quintus Servilius Caepio the Elder. He was elected praetor in 91 BC, and fought for Rome during the Marsic Wars of the Italian Rebellion against Rome. He was the son of Quintus Servilius Caepio who was consul in 106 BC and who lost his army during the Battle of Arausio (Caepio the Younger served under his father at Arausio). Quintus Servilius Caepio the Younger was a Roman soldier and statesman.

Quintus Servilius Caepio was a Roman patrician, statesman and soldier. The text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia Scaurus was dragged in chains to Boiorix, the Cimbri king. The Battle of Arausio took place on October 6, 105 BC, at a site between the town of Arausio (modern day Orange, Vaucluse) and the Rhne River.Ranged against the migratory tribes of the Cimbri under Boiorix and the Teutoni were two Roman armies, commanded by the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus. The vanguard under legatus Marcus Aurelius Scaurus was overwhelmed by the barbarian onslaught. This page contains events that occurred before 0700 AD which is the earliest acceptable time period for WeRelate research.Ĭonsult our Policy on Ancient Genealogy for more information. In October 105 BCE two huge Roman armies, supported by strong vanguards, awaited the Cimbri and Teutones on the right bank of the Rhone near Arausio (Orange).

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