The Cimbri and Teutones as migrating farming societies

The Cimbri, Teutones, and Ambrones moved along routes that remain uncertain, including whether the Cimbri came from Jutland. They were a mobile farming population searching for fertile land, rather than a field army detached from a society. Their campaign included Roman defeats at Noreia in 113 BC and Arausio in 105 BC, followed by Roman victories at Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae. Their choice to enter Gaul rather than march directly on Rome suggests that food and settlement mattered at least as much as military opportunity.