Battle of Clastidium
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| Battle of Clastidium | |||||||
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| Part of Roman-Gaulish wars | |||||||
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| Marcellus | Viridomarus† | ||||||
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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.
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