Ambrones, a nation of Gaul, who lived near the Alps between Switzerland and Provence. They joined the Cimbri and Teutones in their invasion of the Roman territories, and were routed, together with the latter, and almost annihilated, by Marius, in the battle of Aqua; Sextise (Aix), in 102 B. C. Their women, after a futile attack upon the Roman soldiers who were following in pursuit of the flying foe, offered to yield on the condition that their chastity should be respected. This proposition being rejected, they first slew all their children and then themselves.