[The Wives of the Cimbrian Men] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Wives of the Cimbrian Men]
Subject: Cimbri; Cimbrian Wives; Important Women; Famous Women
Period: 1450-1500;
Geographic: Ancient Rome; Italy
Description: This image depicts two wives of the Cimbri (a northern Tribe of Germanic roots) being taken by Roman soldiers acting under the orders of the general Gaius Marius. After a battle between the Cimbri and Romans, the wives of the Cimbrian men requested of the Romans that they be made into vestal virgins to maintain their chastity. The Romans declined their request, and to preserve their chastity, the wives killed themselves and their children.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Illuminator)
Type: Text; Illumination
Identifier: mta:25514
Language: frm
Source Name: De la louenge et vertu des nobles et cleres dames [Of praise and virtue of the noble and clergy women]
Parent Collection: 1493 Paris; 1493 Paris
Image: mta_25514_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Early Modern Women
Subject: Cimbri; Cimbrian Wives; Important Women; Famous Women