Quintus Lutatius Catulus

Roman general [died 86 BCE]

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Quintus Lutatius Catulus (died 86 bc) was a Roman general, at first a colleague and later a bitter enemy of the politically powerful commander Gaius Marius. As consul with Marius in 102, Catulus was sent to hold the passage of the Alps from the invading Cimbri and Teutoni tribes, but he was forced back to the Po River. In 101 the Cimbri were defeated in the Raudian Fields, near modern Vercelli, Italy, by the united...