 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Quintus Lutatius Catulus 14987 BC aive mumiriri weRepublic yeRoma muna 102 BC. Shamwari yake yomumiriri aiva Gaius Marius. Mukati mokubatira kwavo samambo, vaCimbri navaTeuton vakafambazve kumaodzanyemba ndokutyisidzira Republic. Marius paakarwa nevaTeuton muGaul, Catulus aifanira kudzivirira vaCimbri kuti vasapinda muItaly. Muna ikoku akakundikana; vaCimbri vakabudirira mukupinda muPo Valley. Muna 101 BC Catulus, somutongi, akapfuuridzira hondo yokurwisa vaCimbri. Marius, akasarudzwa kuva mukuru mukuru kwenguva yechishanu, akabatana naye uye pamwe chete vakarwisa vapambi veGermany muPo Valley. Muhondo yeVercellaeMarius naCatulus vakakurira vaCimbri zvakasimba uye vakagumisa kupinda kwevaGermany. Pashure peVercellae vaviri vacho vakarwisana uye Catulus akabatana naSulla muhondo yevagari vemo ya 88-87 BC. Apo vaMarian vakadzorera kudzora Roma muna 87 BC, Catulus akazviuraya panzvimbo pokutarisana nokutongwa. 