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Battle of Arausio

Rome's worst military disaster in a century saw Cimbri and Teutones annihilate two legions, triggering existential crisis and military reformation under Marius.

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The Battle of Arausio took place on 6 October 105 BC, at a site between the town of Arausio, now Orange, Vaucluse, and the Rhône river, when two Roman armies, commanded by proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio and consul Gnaeus Mallius Maximus, suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Cimbri and Teuton migratory tribes who were led by Boiorix and Teutobod respectively.

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