The
Battle of Aquae Sextiae (
Aix-en-Provence) took place in 102 BC. After a string of
Roman defeats (see
Battle of Arausio), the Romans under
Gaius Marius finally defeated the
Teutones and
Ambrones. The Teutones and the Ambrones were virtually wiped out, with the Romans claiming to have killed 90,000 and captured 20,000, including large numbers of women and children. Some of the surviving captives are reported to have been among the rebelling
Gladiators in the
Third Servile War.