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Gaius Marius

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Rome Video Project - Gaius Marius

Gaius Marius was a Roman general and statesman. He held the office of consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his important reforms of Roman armies, authorizing recruitment of landless citizens, eliminating the manipular military formations, and reorganizing the structure of the legions into separate cohorts. Marius defeated the invading Germanic tribes, for which he was called "the third founder of Rome." His life and career were significant in Rome's transformation from Republic to Empire.
  • Personal 

  • Subordinate to Metellus 

  • Run for the consulship 

  • War in Numidia 

  • Cimbri and Teutones 

  • As consul 

  • Reforms to the military 

  • Battle with the Germanic tribes 

  • Sixth consulship 

  • 90s BC 

  • Social War 

  • Sulla and the First Civil War 

  • Seventh consulship and death 

  • Assemblies and foreign affairs 

  • Political violence 

  • Bibliography