Overview
The Marius hub gathers the military reforms, popular politics and personal rivalry that shaped Sulla’s rise and the Republic’s descent into armed politics.
Atlas Entries
Gaius Marius
The new man whose military success changed Roman politics.
OpenMarian Reforms
Recruitment and service transformed by necessity.
OpenRoman Professional Army
The army that increasingly looked to commanders for reward.
OpenSulpician Laws
The attempt to transfer command from Sulla to Marius.
OpenIn the Library
The Army Transformed
The military world Marius helped create.
OpenCommand and Rivalry
The final collision between Marius and Sulla over the eastern command.
OpenRome Divided
Marius’s return, seventh consulship, and the terror that followed.
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