Caepio's routed men crashed into Mallius's troops, which led to both armies being pinned against the River Rhône and annihilated by the numerically dominant Cimbrian warriors. The Cimbri, at the Battle of Arausio, overwhelmed and overran Caepio's legions with massively overwhelming numbers. Meanwhile, the Germanic tribes had combined their forces. All this led to a divided Roman force with the two armies so far apart they could not support each other when the fighting started. Caepio refused to take orders from Mallius Maximus who as consul outranked him. Unfortunately for the Romans, Caepio who was a patrician and Mallius Maximus who was a 'new man' did not get along. Caepio's command was prorogued in 105 and a further six legions were raised in Rome by Gnaeus Mallius Maximus, one of the consuls of 105, he led them to reinforce Caepio who was near Arausio. When Caepio arrived he only found the local tribes and they sensibly decided not to fight the newly arrived legions. While the Romans were busy getting their army together the Volcae Tectosages had quarrelled with their Germanic guests, and had asked them to leave the area. In 106 the Romans sent their largest army yet the senior consul of 106, Quintus Servilius Caepio, was authorized to use eight legions in an effort to end the Germanic threat once and for all. The battle of Burdigala destroyed the Romans hope of finishing off the Cimbri and the Germanic threat continued to exist. Unfortunately for the Romans, a few days later they were ambushed while marching on Burdigala. He first fought the Cimbri and their Gallic allies the Volcae Tectosages just outside Tolosa, and despite the huge number of tribesmen, the Romans routed them. Lucius Cassius Longinus, one of the consuls of 107, was sent to Gaul at the head of another large army. To the Romans, the presence of the Germanic tribes in Gaul posed a serious threat to the stability in the area and to their prestige. The Germanic tribes then moved to the lands north and east of Tolosa in south-western Gaul. He met the Cimbri approximately 100 miles north of Arausio, a battle was fought and the Romans suffered another humiliating defeat. Silanus marched his army north along the Rhodanus River in order to confront the migrating Germanic tribes. Another consul, Marcus Junius Silanus, was sent to take care of the renewed Germanic threat. A few years later, in 109 BC, they moved along the River Rhodanus (now called the Rhône) towards the Roman province in Transalpine Gaul. Īfter the Noreia victory, the Cimbri and Teutones moved westward towards Gaul. An engagement, later called the battle of Noreia, took place, in which the invaders, to everyone's surprise, completely overwhelmed the Legions and inflicted a devastating loss on Carbo and his men. The Senate commissioned Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, one of the consuls, to lead a substantial Roman army to Noricum to force the barbarians out. Unable to hold back these new, powerful invaders on their own, the Taurisci appealed to Rome for help. The invaders then moved on to the Danube, arriving in Noricum, home to the Roman-allied Taurisci people. In 113 BC the Cimbri-Teutones confederation, led by Boiorix the Cimbric king and Teutobod of the Teutones, defeated the Scordisci. A number of these defeated tribes joined their migration. On their way south they defeated several other Germanic tribes, but also Celtic and Germano-Celtic tribes. They supposedly journeyed to the south-east and were soon joined by their neighbours the Teutones. According to ancient sources, sometime around 120–115 BC, the Germanic tribe of the Cimbri left their homeland around the North Sea due to climate changes.
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