Cimbrer

From: Inger E Johansson (inger_e.johansson_at_notelia.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:42:50 GMT

We know that the Cimbrer tribe from Jutland together with the Teutones made
it down in Europe and during the war against the Roman Army under Maurius
first major fight was in Noricum(Austria) the Cimbrer army won the fight in
Orange 105 BC but lost finally against Maurius in Vercelli (Northern Italy)
101 BC. Plinus, Ptolemy and Tacitus speaks of them in respect.

The thing I would like to know more about is if anyone knows of proof for
the assumption made by several scholars during the years that the reason for
the Cimbrian movement southward in Europe can be found in a sudden rise in
waterlevels which made part of Jutland hard to live in. I have read many
theories but not been able to find any proofs one way or an other while
reading them. Do anyone of you know anything or have a ref to a work or an
excavation from period 150-100 BC which speaks for or against the waterlevel
theory.

Inger E