Cimbri
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the Cimbri
in the texts
Tusculan Disputations
A barbarian people cited as exulting in battle yet lamenting under sickness.
But the Cimbri and Celtiberians exult in battle, lament in sickness.
Letters to Lucilius
Germanic people defeated by Marius.
What, do you think that Gaius Marius, once consul, for he received one consulship, the rest he snatched, when he was cutting down the Teutones and Cimbri, when he was pursuing Jugurtha through the deserts of Africa, sought so many perils at the prompting of virtue?