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But the Roman legions broke the Cimbrian square, and obtained a complete victory.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard

The keeper was a wizened little Welshman from the Chibut who spoke English with an extraordinary mixture of a Spanish intonation and a Cimbrian accent.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Bates, Harry

Many thousands of them had broken out at the time of the Cimbrian invasion.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

Marius being in the background, the chosen knight of the aristocracy, Lucius Sylla, whose fame in the Cimbrian war had been only second to that of his commander's, came at once to the front.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

A general resemblance to German and English will have been observed in these fragments of Cimbrian, while other words will have been noticed as quite foreign to either.

From Italian Journeys by Howells, William Dean