Battle of Vercellae Site, near Vercelli, Italy
Vercelli, VC, Piedmont, Italy
Piedmont, Italy
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101 BCE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Battle of Vercellae Site, near Vercelli, Italy.
No structural remains of the battle survive, as the engagement was fought in open country whose precise location remains uncertain, with the modern landscape now given over to agricultural fields near Vercelli. The site is not formally protected or managed as a monument beyond a possible commemorative marker maintained by local authorities. It lies in open countryside and is freely accessible as ordinary farmland rather than an interpreted historic site.
About Battle of Vercellae Site, near Vercelli, Italy
Near Vercelli, the Roman army under Gaius Marius and Quintus Lutatius Catulus defeated the Cimbri under their king Boiorix at the Battle of Vercellae in 101 BCE. The victory annihilated the Cimbri host, which had invaded northern Italy after migrating from northern Europe. It ended the Cimbrian War and removed a major threat to Rome during the late Republic.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Battle of Vercellae Site, near Vercelli, Italy
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