prodigious. Marius loaded with glory, after a victory fo illuftrious in itſelf, and fo im- portant in its confequences, was a fifth time honoured with the confular fafces; but he would not triumph till he had fecured the repofe of Italy, by the entire defeat of all the Barbarians. The Cimbri, who had fe- parated themfelves from the Teutones, ftill threatened its fafety. They had penetrated as far as the banks of the Adige; which Catulus Luctatius was not ftrong enough to prevent them from croffing. The pro- grefs they made ftill caufed violent alarms in Rome; Marius was charged to raiſe a new army with the utmoſt ſpeed, and to go and engage them. The Cimbri had halted near the Po, in hopes that the Teutones, of whofe fate they were ignorant, would quickly join them. Wondering at the delay of thefe their affociates, they fent to Marius a fecond time, to demand an allotment of land, fufficient to maintain themſelves, and the Teutones their brethren. Marius an- fwered them, that "their brethren already poffeffed more than they defired, and that they would not eafily quit, what he had affigned them." The Cimbri irritated by this raillery, inftantly refolved to take ample vengeance.
They prepared immediately for battle, and their king or general, named Bojorix,
