Roman leader Marius (seated), receives the ambassadors of the Cimbri and shows him captive leaders of the Teutones .
At the time that the Roman statesman Gaius Marius was first elected to the consulship in 108 (to take office for the one-year term in 107) Germanic tribes known as the Cimbri and Teutones were heading south. Poor harvests and attacks by other tribes were said to have motivated the Germanic tribes to migrate south, Their advance worried the Romans who decided to send forces against them. The Romans met defeat. Contrary to custom and laws, Marius was repeatedly elected consul. In 102 he led an army against the Teutones and defeated them. When the Teutones did not arrive to join forces, as planned, with the Cimbri, the Cimbri sent ambassadors to Marius under the pretense that they wanted to come to some terms with the Roman, but realy they were biding time until their allies arrived. Marius called their bluff as he knew he had defeated the Teutones. In this illustration,lhe had just defeated. Soon after Marius fought and defeated the Cimbri.
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