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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...side. But when the Cimbri descended from the Alps into Italy by the Brenner Pass, and were beginning to fill up the river channel, the troops of Catulus became alarmed, and as the Consul was not able to retain them he led them back, leaving the plain of the Poe to the barbarians. The next year Catulus was retained in his command as Proconsul; but his deficiency as a general was supplied by the military talents of Sulla, who had left the army under Marius to join him. Marius, who was then at Rome, summoned his soldiers from Gaul, and hastened to join them with the troops under Catulus, hoping to earn the glory of a second great victory over vast barbarian hordes. Thus in July, B. C. i0i, the united armies of Marius and Catulus fought a great battle with the Cimbri at Vercellae. Marius stationed his own troops on the wings, and those of Catulus in the center, which he threw back, for the purpose of allowing them no more share in the engagement than possible. But this maneuver utterly failed, as an immense cloud of dust, which arose, prevented the troops from seeing each other. Marius in his charge left the enemy on one side, while the brunt of the battle fell upon the troops under Catulus. The Romans were favored by the dust, because it prevented them from seeing the number of their enemies. The barbarians were exhausted by the excessive heat of the weather, and they were obliged to yield. They could not escape, as their front ranks had bound themselves together with chains from their waists. A dreadful spectacle met the eye when the Romans drove the Cimbri to their line of wagons. Their women rushed out, fell on the fugitives, and then killed themselves and their children. The men also took their own lives in different ways. The Cimbri were thus as decisivel...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130060553
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 218
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130060551
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 399 gr

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