Marius


 

Gaius Marius (Latin: C·MARIVS·C·F·C·N)¹ (157 BC - January 13, 86 BC) was a Roman general and politician elected Consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his dramatic reforms of Roman armies, authorizing recruitment of unlanded citizens and reorganizing the structure of the legions into separate cohorts.

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Latin - ¹ - 157 BC - January 13 - 86 BC - Roman - Consul - Roman armies - Cohorts

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Introduction
Importance of Gaius Marius
Early career
Legate to Metellus
Run for the Consulship
Recruitment
War in Numidia
Cimbri and Teutoni
Marius as Consul
Showdown with the Germans
Sixth Consulship
The Social War
Pontus and the First Civil War
Seventh Consulship and death
Epilogue
Chronology
External links
Notes

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