Battle of Aquae Sextiae

Battle of Aquae Sextiae
	Part of the Cimbrian War; and Roman–Germanic Wars
	; John Harris Valda: The Battle of Aquae Sextiae in 102 BC
Date	102 BC
Location	Modern Aix-en-Provence, France43°31′41″N 5°27′7″E / 43.52806°N 5.45194°E
Result	Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Teutons; Ambrones
Commanders and leaders
Gaius Marius	Teutobod
Strength
The Battle against the Ambrones; c. 32,000–40,000 (six legions + auxiliaries) The Battle of Aquae Sextiae c. 32,000–40,000 (six legions + auxiliaries)	The Battle against the Ambrones; c. 30,000 (the warriors of the Ambrones) The Battle of Aquae Sextiae c. 100,000–200,000 (the warriors of the entire tribal coalition)
	Location within France Battle of Aquae Sextiae (Europe)

The Battle of Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) took place in 102 BC. After a string of Roman defeats (see: the Battle of Noreia, the Battle of Burdigala, and the Battle of Arausio), the Romans under Gaius Marius finally defeated the Teutones and Ambrones as they attempted to advance through the Alps into Italy. Local lore associates the name of the mountain, Mont St. Victoire, with the Roman victory at the battle of Aquae Sextiae, but Frédéric Mistral and other scholars have debunked this theory.