Gallic military leader of the Gaesatae, mercenary commander (died 222 BC)
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Viridomarus (or Britomartus[1] as translations vary; died 222 BC) was a Gallic military leader of the Gaesatae. In 222 BC he was hired by the Insubres who were fighting the Romans. Viridomarus led an mercenary army against a Roman army at the Battle of Clastidium. The Romans won the battle, and in the process, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, the Roman leader, earned the spolia opima by killing Viridomarus in single combat.[2][3]
^Plutarch. "Life of Marcellus, page 449 - 451". Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^Florus. "Epitome of Roman History, Book 1, "CHAP. IV. THE GALLIC WAR"". Retrieved 6 January 2014.
Viridomarus (or Britomartus as translations vary; died 222 BC) was a Gallic military leader of the Gaesatae. In 222 BC he was hired by the Insubres who...
Roman general could earn, the spolia opima, for killing the Gallic king Viridomarus in single combat in 222 BC at the Battle of Clastidium. Furthermore,...
around it. Therefore, they hire 30,000 Gaesatae mercenaries, led by Viridomarus (or Britomartus), who march to Clastidium, an important and strategically...
people in northern Italy. Florus writes that the Insubres were led by Viridomarus, or Britomartus, as the name varies in translation. The Romans won the...
the west of the battle. According to Caesar, their names were Commius, Viridomarus and Eporedorix. Sedullos, chief of the Lemovices, joined Vercassivellaunus...
Veientes (in 437 or 425 BC); and by Marcus Claudius Marcellus for killing Viridomarus, king of the Celtic Gaesatae (in 222 BC). However, the award to Cossus...
galloped forward beyond his battle line and speared the Celtic warrior Viridomarus, a king of the Gaesatae, before stripping him of his armour on the battlefield...
after Marcus Claudius Marcellus defeated and slew the Gallic king, Viridomarus, at the Battle of Clastidium, to win the spolia opima, he vowed a temple...
around it. Therefore, they hired 30,000 Gaesatae mercenaries and, led by Viridomarus (or Britomartus), they besieged Clastidium, an important and strategically...
Vercingetorix suffix -maris / -marus "great" Britomaris Indutiomarus Viridomarus Some information on prehistoric Celtic polytheism can be drawn from names...
3rd century BC; Marcus Claudius Marcellus took the spolia opima from Viridomarus, king of the Gaesatae, at the Battle of Clastidium (222 BC); and Marcus...
around it. Therefore, they hire 30,000 Gaesatae mercenaries, led by Viridomarus (or Britomartus), who march to Clastidium, an important and strategically...
Siculorum Hierone = Hiero II of Syracuse ("King of the Sicels") Viridomaro = Viridomarus, a Gallic chieftain classe Poenica = classis Poenica, the Carthaginian...
consul, and won the spolia opima, defeating and killing the Gallic king, Viridomarus, in single combat. Most of those who used the spelling Clodius were descended...
Viriathus of the Iberian Lusitanians Viriathus of the Iberian Gallaeci Viridomarus of the Gallic Insubres Viridovix of the Gallic Venelli Vortigern of the...
corpse. 222 BC: Marcus Claudius Marcellus took the spolia opima from Viridomarus, King of the Gaesatae, at the Battle of Clastidium. 29 BC: Marcus Licinius...
222 by the consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus, who slew the Gallic king Viridomarus in single combat. Finally, in 29 BC, the proconsul Marcus Licinius Crassus...
election for 52 BC. The Aeduan co-commanders at Alesia, Eporedorix and Viridomarus, are described as adulescentes (7.39.1 and 63.9). MacMullen, Romanization...
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