Battle of Burdigala
107 BCE battle of the Cimbrian War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Burdigala (the Roman name for Bordeaux) took place during the Cimbrian War in 107 BC. The battle was fought between a combined Germanic-Celtic army including the Helvetian Tigurini under the command of Divico, and the forces of the Roman Republic under the command of Lucius Cassius Longinus, Lucius Caesoninus, and Gaius Popillius Laenas. Longinus and Caesoninus were killed in the action and the battle resulted in a victory for the combined tribes.
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Battle of Burdigala | |||||||
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Part of the Cimbrian War | |||||||
Map of the invasion route of the Cimbrian and Teuton territory | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Roman Republic |
A combined Germanic-Celtic army including:
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Lucius Cassius Longinus † Lucius Calpurnius Piso † Gaius Popillius Laenas | Divico | ||||||
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40,000[1] | unknown but severely outnumbering the Romans[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10,000[1] | Relatively low |
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