Cimbri
noun
a Germanic or Celtic people, supposed to have originated in Jutland, who invaded Gaul and northern Italy, and were destroyed by the Romans in 101 b.c.
Example Sentences
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Attila, without, stands before vanquished Paris, as the Cimbrian slave did before Marius.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere
But now intermarriage is very frequent; both Italian and Cimbrian are spoken in nearly all the families, and the Cimbrian is gradually falling into disuse.
From Italian Journeys by William Dean Howells
Two buildings were known as “Monumenta Catuli”: the temple of Fortuna hujusce diei, to commemorate the day of Vercellae, and the Porticus Catuli, built from the sale of the Cimbrian spoils.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The latter was Marius' colleague in the Cimbrian wars.
From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Harold Edgeworth Butler
In memory of this he founded a temple of the "Fortuna hujusce diei," and decorated the portico of his house with Cimbrian trophies.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
