Case file · Sighting
Armies clashing in the sky at Ameria and Tuder
Pliny the Elder (Natural History 2.58) says that during the Cimbrian war the clash of arms and trumpets was heard from the sky, and at Ameria and Tuder in Umbria heavenly armies were seen charging from east and west, the western side routed.
103 BCE · 42.55, 12.42 · status: legend
The sceptical view
Sky-battle visions recur in times of war across Europe (compare Nuremberg 1561); aurora displays are a common explanation.