Battle of Clastidium

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The Battle of Clastidium was a Roman victory in 222 BC during which the general Marcus Claudius Marcellus famously slew the Insubrian Gallic king Viridomarus in single combat, earning the prestigious spolia opima.

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Battle of Clastidium canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gallic king ⓘ
Roman consul ⓘ
Roman general ⓘ
Roman military honor ⓘ
ancient battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
associatedHonor spolia opima ⓘ
awardedTo Marcus Claudius Marcellus ⓘ
belligerent Gauls ⓘ
Insubres ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
combatType land battle ⓘ
commander Marcus Claudius Marcellus ⓘ
conflictOf Roman–Gallic wars ⓘ
date 222 BC ⓘ
diedIn Battle of Clastidium ⓘ
earnedHonor spolia opima ⓘ
era Roman Republic era ⓘ
ethnicity Insubrian ⓘ
linked to: Brescian
followedBy Roman consolidation of Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ
GallicCommander Viridomarus ⓘ
historicalPeriod 3rd century BC ⓘ
involvedPolity Insubrian Gauls ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
killedInBattle Viridomarus ⓘ
location Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ
near modern Casteggio, Italy ⓘ
notableEvent single combat between Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Viridomarus ⓘ
notableOutcome award of spolia opima to Marcus Claudius Marcellus ⓘ
death of Viridomarus ⓘ
occasion Battle of Clastidium ⓘ
partOf Roman expansion in Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ
place Clastidium ⓘ
precededBy Roman campaigns against the Insubres ⓘ
primarySourceAuthor Livy ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
result Roman victory ⓘ
RomanCommander Marcus Claudius Marcellus ⓘ
theatre Cisalpine Gaul ⓘ
year 222 BC ⓘ

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Marcus Claudius Marcellus → victory → Battle of Clastidium ⓘ
Insubres → notableBattle → Battle of Clastidium ⓘ
Roman conquest of Cisalpine Gaul → hasPart → Battle of Clastidium ⓘ
Viridomarus → diedIn → Battle of Clastidium ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Clastidium
spolia opima → occasion → Battle of Clastidium ⓘ
subject linked to: Battle of Clastidium