Battle of Vercellae

BelligerentsRoman RepublicCimbriCommanders and leadersGaius Marius
Quintus Lutatius Catulus
Lucius Cornelius SullaBoiorix†
Lugius†
Claodicus(POW)
Caesorix(POW)Strength 52,000–54,000 soldiers (legionaries and auxiliaries) 120,000–180,000 warrior including 15,000 cavalry (400,000 including civilians)Casualties and losses

1,000 killed

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300 killed (Florus)

220,000 killed and captured (Livy)

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140,000 killed (Orosius)
60,000 captured

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120,000 killed (Plutarch)
60,000 captured

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100,000 killed or captured (Paterculus)

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65,000 killed (Florus)

The Battle of Vercellae or Battle of the Raudine Plain was fought on 30 July 101 BC on a plain near Vercellae in Gallia Cisalpina, modern-day Northern Italy. A Celtic-Germanic confederation under the command of the Cimbric king Boiorix was defeated by a Roman army under the joint command of the consulGaius Marius and the proconsulQuintus Lutatius Catulus. The battle marked the end of the Cimbrian War.