[68.8] The first men in the state, who had until then envied the "new man" who had reached so many important posts, now admitted that the state had been rescued by him.

[68.9] Publicius Malleolus, who had killed his mother, was the first to be sewn into a sack and thrown into the sea.

[68.10] It is said that the sacred shields moved and rattled before the Cimbrian war was over.

[68.11] It^note[Book 68.] also contains an account of a war between the Syrian kings.^note[Antiochus VIII and Antiochus IX.]

From Book 68

[68.1] Praetor Marcus Antonius pursued the pirates to Cilicia.

[68.2] [102] Consul Gaius Marius defended his camp against a violent attack by the Teutons and Ambronians.

[68.3] After this, he defeated these enemies in two battles near Aquae Sextiae, in which - they say - 200,000 enemies were killed and 90,000 captured.

[68.4] [101] Although away from home, Marius was elected consul for the fifth time.

[68.5] He postponed the triumph offered to him until he had also defeated the Cimbrians.

[68.6] The Cimbrians, who had driven back and put to flight proconsul Quintus Catulus, who had wanted to block the passes in the Alps (near the river Adige he left a cohort that occupied a mountain castle; but by its own valour it broke away and followed the fleeing proconsul and his army), invaded Italy, [100] but were defeated in battle by the united forces of this Catulus and Gaius Marius; it is said that 160,000 enemies were killed and 60,000 captured.

[68.7] Although Marius, welcomed by the applause of the entire state, had been offered two triumphs, he was content with one.