In 222 BC, battle of Clastidium during which Marcus Claudius Marcellus killed Viridomarus in a single combat.

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In 222 BC, battle of Clastidium during which Marcus Claudius Marcellus, consul of the Roman Republic, killed Viridomarus, leader of the Gallic tribe of the Gaesatae and Insubres, in a single combat and won the third and last spolia opima, one of the highest honours in Ancient Rome. - Histoire Populaire de la France, Tome Premier, Ch. Lahure's Publication, circa 1860

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