Quote Originally Posted by Franconicus
You say that I am deviating from history. Where exactly?
Well...

My only source is the Wikipedia article concerning the Cimbrian War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimbrian_War). This article indicates that the Battle of Noreia was the first fight between the Romans and the Cimbrii, in which the Cimbrii discovered Carbo's treachery and attacked and destroyed his army. Your version of events has the Cimbrii fighting the native inhabitants of Noricum at Noreia, and doing battle with the Romans for the first time at a different time and place (as they try to cross the Alps).

It's a minor difference. This is not (and never was) a criticism; when people write historical fiction I don't expect precise historical accuracy - that would make it nonfiction, wouldn't it?