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Viridomarus (or
Britomartus as
translations vary; died 222 BC) was a
Gallic military leader of the Gaesatae. In 222 BC he was
hired by the
Insubres who...
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around it. Therefore, they hire 30,000
Gaesatae mercenaries, led by
Viridomarus (or Britomartus), who
march to Clastidium, an
important and strategically...
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Roman general could earn, the
spolia opima, for
killing the
Gallic king
Viridomarus in
single combat in 222 BC at the
Battle of Clastidium. Furthermore,...
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people in
northern Italy.
Florus writes that the
Insubres were led by
Viridomarus, or Britomartus, as the name
varies in translation. The
Romans won the...
- the west of the battle.
According to Caesar,
their names were Commius,
Viridomarus and Eporedorix. Sedullos,
chief of the Lemovices,
joined Verc****ivellaunus...
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after Marcus Claudius Marcellus defeated and slew the
Gallic king,
Viridomarus, at the
Battle of Clastidium, to win the
spolia opima, he
vowed a temple...
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galloped forward beyond his
battle line and
speared the
Celtic warrior Viridomarus, a king of the Gaesatae,
before stripping him of his
armour on the battlefield...
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Veientes (in 437 or 425 BC); and by
Marcus Claudius Marcellus for
killing Viridomarus, king of the
Celtic Gaesatae (in 222 BC). However, the
award to Cossus...
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around it. Therefore, they
hired 30,000
Gaesatae mercenaries and, led by
Viridomarus (or Britomartus), they
besieged Clastidium, an
important and strategically...
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around it. Therefore, they hire 30,000
Gaesatae mercenaries, led by
Viridomarus (or Britomartus), who
march to Clastidium, an
important and strategically...
