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Gaius Marius

Roman general, statesman and military reformer (157-86 BC)

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2nd century BC

  • 157 BCEGaius Marius, Roman general, consul (approximate year) (d. 86 BC)source
  • 133 BCELucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, as consul, is sent against the slaves in Italy. Gaius Marius serves under Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus at Numantia.source
  • 115 BCEGaius Marius is praetor in Rome: he defeats Celtic tribes in modern-day Spain.source
  • 108 BCERoman forces under Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus defeat the forces of Jugurtha of Numidia at the Battle of the Muthul, with Gaius Marius as a subordinate.source
  • 107 BCEGaius Marius, to whom the putative Marian reforms of the Roman army are commonly attributed, arrives in North Africa to lead the war against Jugurtha, with a young quaestor named Lucius Cornelius Sulla as a subordinate.source
  • 105 BCEGaius Marius, together with the consul Publius Rutilius Rufus, initiates sweeping reforms of the Roman army.source
  • 104 BCERome enacts a state of emergency, as the way to Italy lays open to the Germanic invaders. Gaius Marius, the conqueror of Jugurtha, is elected consul for the second time. He celebrates his triumph over Jugurtha, who is led in the procession and thrown into the Tullianum where he dies of starvation.source
  • 103 BCEGaius Marius prepares a campaign against the Ambrones and Teutones (under king Teutobod) who are settled in Gaul.source
  • 102 BCEGaius Marius defeats the Sciri and Teutones at Aix-en-Provence (or Battle of Aquae Sextae).source
  • 101 BCEJuly 30 – Battle of Vercellae (Battle of the Raudine Plain or Battle of Campi Raudii): The Roman consuls Gaius Marius and Manius Aquillius defeat the Cimbri.source

1st century BC

  • 100 BCEConsuls: Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Gaius Marius (Marius's sixth consulship).source
  • 90 BCESocial War continues: Pompeius Strabo and Gaius Marius distinguish themselves.source
  • 88 BCEAugust: The consul Lucius Cornelius Sulla becomes the first Roman commander to march on Rome with his army and to capture the city by force. This extraordinary act is prompted by his desire to maintain his proconsular command for the First Mithridatic War in Asia Minor. Sulla then murdered his enemy P. Sulpicius Rufus and forced Gaius Marius to flee to Africa.source
  • 87 BCEGnaeus Octavius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna are inaugurated as consuls. With Cinna seeking to enrol the Italians into all the tribes per vim, he is expelled from the city by Octavius and replaced as consul by Lucius Merula. Mobilising against the regime at Rome, Cinna marches on the city, occupies it with the support of Gaius Marius, and regains his consulship. In the aftermath Octavius is killed, Merula is forced to suicide.source
  • 87 BCELucius Julius Caesar, Roman consul (killed by partisans of Gaius Marius)source
  • 86 BCEJanuary 13 – Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. c. 157 BC)source
  • 69 BCEJulia, wife of Gaius Marius (b. c. 130 BC)source

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