While Arausio was a massive defeat and did result in some political upheval, it resulted in few notable long term events and the tribes we're never able or willing to exploit the victory. It also became a story of legend among Germanic tribes and later German nationalism until post ww2. Teutoburg Forest was the most devastating event during Augustus's reign and ended Roman attempts to take over Germany. The fact that Rome recovered from that and prior similarly devastating defeats to win the war showed how even the perfect doesn't equal winning the war and it defined the Roman mindset for years to come.Ĭarrhae resulted in the death of one of the Roman heads of state, fueled the rivalry between Ceasar and Pompey, and began the Roman-Persian rivalry that lasted until the Muslim conquests. This caused Rome to mobilize their entire country to aid the war effort against Carthage. Even some of the later defeats like the capture of Valerian at Edessa or the disaster at Adrianople in 378 have left a bit of a mark.īut the Battle of Arausio seems like it should be a huge fucking deal, apparently it was the single largest defeat in all of Roman history, almost 100,000 casualties at this one battle! The Cimbrian war was the last time Italy itself would be threatened by an existential threat for centuries, the war was instrumental for Marius and his reforms, and it probably marked the entrance of Germanic tribes as major players in Roman history, why doesn't this get a bunch of documentaries, movies and videogames?!Ĭannae was not only a rare example of a battle plan working exactly as intended but killed off much of the male adult population of Rome and forced the Romans to conduct guerrilla war against Hannibal. Battle icon gladii red.svg Cimbri and Teuton defeats Battle icon gladii blue.svg Cimbri and Teuton. The Battle of Arausio took place on October 6, 105 BC in the midst of the Cimbrian Wars, 113-101BC.This battle was a confrontation between the Roman Republican legions, led by the consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus and the proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio, and the Germanic tribes (mainly the Cimbri, Teutoni and Ambri) led by the Cimbri King Boiorix and Teuton King Teutobod. People know about things like the catastrophe at Cannae and Hannibal's genius, Crassus meeting a miserable end against the horse archers at Carrhae, or the treachery and cunning of Arminius in the Teutoburg Forest. English: Maps of Cimbrian and Teutons invasions. 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. See more ideas about dungeon maps, fantasy map, tabletop rpg maps. The Battle of Arausio took place on 6 October 105 BC, at a site between the town of Arausio (modern day Orange, Vaucluse) and the Rhône River. I was just doing a little reading on Rome and I couldn't help but think that it's really weird the way that the Cimbrian war seems like a bit of a footnote in Roman history when their other major enemies and defeats are so notorious and still have a certain pop history notoriety. Explore Barbara's board 'D&D Battle Maps', followed by 829 people on Pinterest.
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