Cimbri

In fact, they think of themselves as three separate peoples whom they call the Cimbri, the Teutones, and a rather polyglot third group made up of a number of smaller peoples who have joined up with the Cimbri and the Teutones during their wanderings — the Marcomanni, Cherusci, and Tigurini — who, according to my German interpreter, are more Celt than German in origins. "

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

The Cimbri were a considerable time in doing their part.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

"The Cimbri are the most numerous of the three great German divisions," said Sulla.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

The Cimbri are the best led of the three branches, and the most numerous.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

Silanus by a vast and wandering horde known as the Cimbri, [1079] who hovered like a threatening cloud on the farther side of the Alps and might at no distant date sweep past the barrier of Italy.

A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885

Two fierce and terrible tribes, whom the Romans called Cimbri and Teutones, and who were but the vanguard of the swarms who would overwhelm them six centuries later, had come down through Germany to the settled countries belonging to Rome, especially the lands round the old Greek settlements in Gaul, which had fallen of course into the hands of the Romans, and were full of beautiful rich cities, with houses and gardens round them.

Young Folks' History of Rome Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

The two leading nations of which they consisted are called Cimbri and Teutones, of whom the former were probably Celts and the latter Germans, but the exact parts of Europe from which they came can not be ascertained.

A Smaller History of Rome William Smith 1853

The Cimbri were a migratory people, who left their northern homes with their wives and children, goods and chattels, to seek more congenial settlements than they had found in the Scandinavian forests.

Ancient States and Empires John Lord 1852

The Battle: The Cimbrian War, fought between the Romans and the German tribes called the Cimbri and Teutons, was a long hard slog for Rome, with many defeats.

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[Footnote 1: About the year 100 B.C. the Romans were greatly alarmed by an invasion of barbarians from the north known as Cimbri and

Latin for Beginners Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge 1900