people
Cimbri
the Cimbri
A migratory Germanic people who, with the Teutones, invaded Roman territory in the late 2nd century BC before their annihilation by Marius.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §5.16.2 Cimbrian
The Cimbri, a Germanic people whose invasion Marius crushed (102–101 BC); their slaughter is matched, Seneca says, by his Roman ones.
- On Anger §1.11 Cimbri
A migratory Germanic people who, with the Teutones, crossed the Alps and invaded Roman territory before their destruction by Marius; Seneca's example of anger substituting for valor.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §15.94.66 Cimbri
A migrating Germanic people destroyed by Marius at Vercellae in 101 BC, ending the great northern terror.