Gnaeus Mallius Maximus (200–160 BCE)
Born 200 BCE, died 160 BCE.
Gnaeus Mallius Maximus (fl. 108 – 105 BC) was a Roman Republican politician and general. A novus homo, he was consul in 105 BC during which he was defeated by the Cimbri at the battle of Battle of Arausio. Little is known of his career before the consulship of 105 BC. He must have previously served as praetor, at least by 108 BC, before his consular term. In 105 BC he was consul posterior and assigned to the province of Transalpine Gaul to stop the migration of the Cimbri and the Teutons. However, when he arrived with his army, he and the proconsul also the province, Quintus Servilius Caepio, refused to cooperate. The proconsul's army remained on the far side of the River Rhône, keeping them disunited, even in defiance of envoys from the Senate. With Caepio encamping between Mallius' army and the Cimbri, the migrating tribes attacked and overran both armies in detail at the Battle of Arausio. Among the fatalities were Mallius' two sons, one of his legates, and most of his army. He returned to Rome and, two years later in 103 BC, he was prosecuted for the defeat before a iudicium populi.
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