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Clastidium (modern Casteggio), was a
village of the
Ligurian tribe of
Anamares (Marici
named also) in
Gallia Cispadana, on the Via Postumia, 5
miles east...
- The
Battle of
Clastidium was
fought in 222 BC
between a
Roman army led by the
consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus and the Insubres, a
Celtic people in northern...
- the
Gallic king
Viridomarus in
single combat in 222 BC at the
Battle of
Clastidium. Furthermore, he is
noted for
having conquered the
fortified city of Syracuse...
-
siege of
Acerrae to come to
Clastidium's aid. The
Romans split their forces.
Marcus Claudius Marcellus heads for
Clastidium while his
colleague Gnaeus...
-
Sempronius would have to
march to
reinforce Scipio. He then
captured Clastidium, from
which he drew
large amounts of
supplies for his men. But this gain...
-
Viridomarus led a
mercenary army
against a
Roman army at the
Battle of
Clastidium. The
Romans won the battle, and in the process,
Marcus Claudius Marcellus...
- 222 BC the Insubres,
during a war with
Romans occupied the
oppidum of
Clastidium, that at that time, it was an
important locality of the
Anamari (or Marici)...
-
Marcellus headed for
Clastidium and his
colleague Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus continued the
siege of Acerrae. At the
Battle of
Clastidium,
Marcus Claudius...
-
Marcellus defeated and slew the
Gallic king, Viridomarus, at the
Battle of
Clastidium, to win the
spolia opima, he
vowed a
temple to
Honos and Virtus. He renewed...
-
Romulus (or Lupus) and
Clastidium. In
Romulus the
story of
Romulus and
Remus is told;
Clastidium tells of the
battle of
Clastidium in 222 BC won by Marcellus...
