Battle of Clastidium

Battle of Clastidium

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Clastidium

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partof=Roman-Gaulish wars
date=222 BC
place=Clastidium, Italy
result=Roman victory
combatant1=Roman Republic
combatant2=Gauls
commander1=Marcellus
commander2=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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