Migrations and conflicts Īccording to some Roman accounts, sometime around 120–115 BC, the Cimbri left their original lands around the North Sea due to flooding ( Strabo, on the other hand, wrote that this was unlikely or impossible ) They supposedly journeyed to the south-east and were soon joined by their neighbours and possible relatives the Teutones. Some of the surviving captives are reported to have been among the rebelling gladiators during the Third Servile War. Rome was finally victorious, and its Germanic adversaries, who had inflicted on the Roman armies the heaviest losses that they had suffered since the Second Punic War, with victories at the battles of Arausio and Noreia, were left almost completely annihilated after Roman victories at Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae. The Cimbrian threat, along with the Jugurthine War, allegedly inspired the putative Marian reforms of the Roman legions, a view now contested by modern historians. The war contributed greatly to the political career of Gaius Marius, whose consulships and political conflicts challenged many of the Roman Republic's political institutions and customs of the time. The timing of the war had a great effect on the internal politics of Rome, and the organization of its military. The Cimbrian War was the first time since the Second Punic War that Italia and Rome itself had been seriously threatened. Lately, The Eight-Year-Old and I have been noticing purple carrots popping up all over Chicago.The Cimbrian or Cimbric War (113–101 BC) was fought between the Roman Republic and the Germanic and Celtic tribes of the Cimbri and the Teutons, Ambrones and Tigurini, who migrated from the Jutland peninsula into Roman-controlled territory, and clashed with Rome and her allies. The latest example was just over the weekend, when Daddyo took us to the Grand Lux Cafe in downtown Chicago for dinner. I ordered the pork chops (yum!) with a side of roasted carrots. The carrots ended up being a mix of white, purple, and orange. The Eight-Year-Old knew from previous dining experiences at Sweet Tomatoes that purple carrots are possible, even without the magic of food coloring. The scientific answer is that orange carrots have more beta-carotene in them.īut seeing the white, purple, and orange medley on my plate reminded her mind of an old question. Beta-carotene is a yellow/orange pigment that helps create the rich colors of many fruits and vegetables like apricots, peppers, carrots, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes. Our bodies convert beta-carotene into Vitamin A, a mineral that our bodies use to keep our skin, immune system, and eyes healthy. The more interesting historical answer involves a fruit, the Eighty Years’ War, and a small town in Southern France. Carrots are orange because oranges are orangeīefore the 17th century, most carrots were purple, white, or yellow. You can read the full story here, but the short version is that today’s citrus fruit is descended from a citrus tree that first appeared in China about 20 million years ago. Over time, the fruit tree migrated to India, where it was valued for and named naranga after its rich aroma.Įventually the naranga traveled west to Persia, where its name was shortened to narang. When the fruit arrived in France, its name evolved again, from un naranj, to un aranj, which ultimately became the very familiar orange. (Photo Credit: Flickr user Gnikrj via Creative Commons) Carrots are orange because a famous guy came from a town named Orange In the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer writes of a person who has a complexion “between a red and a yellow.” Presumably, he would have used the word orange, if it had been available to him.) (In fact, linguists think that the color orange was named for the fruit, not the other way around. In 35 BC, the Romans founded a town in Southern France which they named Arausio.
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