Battle of Clastidium

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Battle of Clastidium
Part of Roman-Gaulish wars
Date 222 BC Location Clastidium, Italy Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Gauls
Commanders
Marcellus	Viridomarus†

Roman-Gaulish Wars Allia River - Arretium – Lake Vadimo – Faesulae – Telamon – Clastidium - Cremona – Mutina

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.