Battle of Clastidium

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Part of Roman-Gaulish wars

Date	222 BC
Location	Clastidium, Italy
Result	Roman victory

Belligerents

Roman Republic

Gauls

Commanders and leaders

Marcellus

Viridomarus†

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Allia River Arretium Lake Vadimo Faesulae Telamon Clastidium Cremona Mutina

The Battle of Clastidium was fought in 222 BC between a Roman Republican army led by the Roman consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus and the Insubres led by Viridomarus. The Romans won the battle, and in the process, Marcellus earned the Spolia opima, one of the highest honors in ancient Rome, by killing Viridomarus in single combat.^[1]

[edit]References

^ Lendering, Jona. "Marcus Claudius Marcellus". Retrieved 3 August 2012.

[edit]See also

Roman Republican governors of Gaul

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