In 101BCE, Roman Consul Q.Catulus Caesar annihilated a large invasion force of the Germanic Cimbri near the settlement of Vercellae, located in Transpadane Gaul. Much credit for this victory has been given to the actions of his legate, L.Cornelius Sulla. The victory of Vercellae, following close on the heels of Consul Gaius Marius' defeat of the Teutones at Aquae Sextiae the previous year, put an end to Germanic plans to invade Rome.
The Cimbrian War (113-101 BC) was fought between the Roman Republic and the Proto-Germanic tribes of the Cimbri and the Teutons (Teutones), who migrated from northern Europe into Roman controlled territory, and clashed with Rome and her allies.
It would be at Vercellae near the confluence of the Sesia River with the Po on the Raudine Plain, where the superiority of the new Roman legions and their cavalry would be clearly demonstrated.
In the war against the Cimbri and Teutones[?] he was sent to defend the passage of the Alps but found himself compelled to retreat across the Po River, his troops having been reduced to a state of panic.
But the Cimbri were defeated on the Raudine plain, near Vercellae, by the united armies of Catulus and Marius.
Two buildings were known as "Monumenta Catuli": the temple of Portuna hujusce dei, to commemorate the day of Vercellae[?], and the Porticus Catuli, built from the sale of the Cimbrian spoils.
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