High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Cimbri were a Germanic tribe, who together with the Teutones and the Ambrones fought the Roman Republic between 113 and 101 BC. The Cimbri were initially successful, particularly at the Battle of Arausio, in which up to 120,000 Roman soldiers were killed, after which they raided large areas in Gaul and Hispania. In 101 BC, during an attempted invasion of Italy, the Cimbri were decisively defeated by Gaius Marius, and their King Boiorix was killed. Some of the surviving captives are reported to have been among the rebeling Gladiators in the Third Servile War. A contemperorary Germanic community in Northern Italy who speak the Cimbrian language, is also known as the Cimbri.