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Gaius Marius (Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ˈmariʊs]; c. 157 BC – 13 January 86 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Victor of the Cimbric and Jugurthine wars, he held the office of consul an unprecedented seven times.
Oct 9, 2017 · Gaius Marius (c. 157-86 BCE) was an accomplished military commander and politician who was acclaimed for saving Rome from the brink of collapse.
Jun 13, 2024 · Gaius Marius was a Roman general and politician, consul seven times (107, 104–100, 86 bce), who was the first Roman to illustrate the political support that a successful general could derive from the votes of his old army veterans.
Marius had made his mark in Roman history by reforming the army. He had achieved the office of consul no fewer than seven times. And yet he also destabilized Rome for years to come and raped her in a gruesome siege and a five-day massacre.
Mar 8, 2017 · Rome needed Marius to defend its borders from Germanic, Cimbri, Teutoni, Ambrones, and Swiss Tigurini tribes, following the death of 80,000 Romans at the Arausio River in 105 BC. In 102-101, Marius defeated them at Aquae Sextiae and, with Quintus Catulus, on the Campi Raudii.
Gaius Marius was one of the most influential and significant figures in Roman history, as he transformed the Roman Republic through his military reforms. As an outsider to the Roman aristocracy, Marius's rise to power was both remarkable and he became one of the most decisive leaders, becoming consul an unprecedented seven times.
Gaius Marius, (born c. 157 bce, Cereatae, near Arpinum, Latium—died Jan. 13, 86 bce, Rome), General and consul who redesigned the Roman army. He secured command of the army in Africa (107) and solved a chronic manpower shortage by enlisting landless citizens for the first time.
