Battle of Clastidium

Battle of Clastidium
	Part of Roman-Gaulish wars
Date	222 BC
Location	Clastidium, Italy
Result	Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Gauls
Commanders and leaders
Marcellus	Viridomarus†

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]

References[]

↑ Lendering, Jona. "Marcus Claudius Marcellus". http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/claudius/marcellus.html. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

See also[]

Roman Republican governors of Gaul

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[Lendering-1] Lendering, Jona. "Marcus Claudius Marcellus". http://www.livius.org/cg-cm/claudius/marcellus.html. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

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