people
the Cimbri
also: Cimbri
Northern people whose invasion of Italy Marius crushed (101 BC); the silver eagle Catiline kept beside him in the battle was said to date from that war.
Reading notes
- The Conspiracy of Catiline §59 the Cimbric war
Rome's war against the Cimbri, a northern people Marius destroyed in 101 BC; the eagle standard dated from that campaign.
- The Histories §Lep.3 Cimbric
Of the Cimbri, the northern people Marius crushed in 101 BC; their spoils stand proverbially for plunder taken from a foreign foe — here applied bitterly to citizens' goods.