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  2. Teutons - Wikipedia

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    Under the conditions of the surrender, three hundred married women were to be handed over to the victorious Romans as concubines and slaves. When the matrons of the Teutones heard of this stipulation, they begged the consul that they might instead be allowed to minister in the temples of Ceres and Venus. When their request was denied, the ...

  3. Battle of Aquae Sextiae - Wikipedia

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    The migrations of the Cimbri and the Teutons Roman victories Cimbrian and Teutone victories. The Battle of Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) took place in 102 BC.After a string of Roman defeats (see: the Battle of Noreia, the Battle of Burdigala, and the Battle of Arausio [1] [2]), the Romans under Gaius Marius finally defeated the Teutones and Ambrones as they attempted to advance through the ...

  4. Ambrones - Wikipedia

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    The Ambrones are generally classified as a Germanic tribe. [2] [3] [1] Celtic influences have also been suggested, but this is controversial.[2]According to Hans Kuhn and Reinhard Wenskus, the Ambrones may have originated in Jutland, around the island of Amrum or Fehmarn, from which they accompanied the Teutons in their southward march in the late 2nd century BC.

  5. Battle of Vercellae - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, Marius had completely defeated the Ambrones and the Teutones in a battle near Aquae Sextiae in Transalpine Gaul. In 101 BC the armies of Marius and Catulus joined forces and faced the Germanic invaders in Galia Cisalpina (Italian Gaul). [12] By July 101 BC the Cimbri were heading westwards along the banks of the Po River.

  6. Cimbrian War - Wikipedia

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    The Teutones halted their trek south and awaited Marius near Aquae Sextiae. This afforded Marius favorable conditions, for with his enemy stationary he got to scout the battlegrounds and he chose his ground carefully. In the subsequent battle, he lured the Teutones and their allies into attacking him while his army was occupying the high ground ...

  7. On the other hand, the women in the tales who do speak up are framed as wicked. Cinderella's stepsisters' language is decidedly more declarative than hers, and the woman at the center of the tale "The Lazy Spinner" is a slothful character who, to the Grimms' apparent chagrin, is "always ready with her tongue."

  8. Women in ancient warfare - Wikipedia

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    The women attacked both the Romans and the Ambrones who tried to desert. [143] 102/101 BCE [144] – General Marius of the Romans fought the Teutonic Cimbrians. Cimbrian women accompanied their men into war, created a line in battle with their wagons and fought with poles and lances, [145] as well as staves, stones, and swords. [146]

  9. Cimbri - Wikipedia

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    The Cimbri are depicted as ferocious warriors who did not fear death. The host was followed by women and children on carts. Aged women, priestesses, dressed in white sacrificed the prisoners of war and sprinkled their blood, the nature of which allowed them to see what was to come. Strabo gives this vivid description of the Cimbric folklore: