MARIUS, CAIUS

mârˈēəs, c.157 b.c.–86 b.c., Roman general. A plebeian, he became tribune (119 b.c.) and praetor (115 b.c.) and was seven times consul. He served under Scipio Africanus Minor at Numantia and under Quintus Metellus against Jugurtha. Later, when he was commander of Roman forces against Jugurtha, he hastened the end of the war by a bold attack against the Numidians. In 102 b.c. he defeated the Teutones at Aix, and the next year he bested the Cimbri at Vercelli. Rivalry with Sulla over the command against Mithradates VI of Pontus turned into civil war; Sulla won, and Marius fled Rome. When Sulla went off to fight, Marius, now allied with the consul Cinna, returned and slaughtered (88 b.c.) his opponents. Marius was a great general, whose military reforms resulted in a professional soldiery with political influence, but he was also capable of great treachery in furthering his own ambitions.

See biography by T. F. Canney (2d. ed. 1970).

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Friendship in Fashion; The History and Fall of Caius Marius; The Orphan; The Souldiers Fortune - Vol. 2
Book by Thomas Otway, Montague Summers; Nonesuch Press, 1926
Subjects: Poetry
...FRIENDSHIP IN FASHION THE HISTORY AND FALL OF CAIUS MARIUS THE ORPHAN THE SOULDIERS FORTUNE BLOOMSBURY THE...THE HISTORY AND FALL OF CAIUS MARIUS: P. 79 . THE ORPHAN...
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Caesar, a History of the Art of War among the Romans down to the End of the Roman Empire, with a Detailed Account of the Campaigns of Caius Julius Caesar - Vol. 1
Book by Theodore Ayrault Dodge; Biblio and Tannen Publishers, 1963
Subjects: Caesar, Julius, Military Art And Science--History, Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C
...not have recognized. Caius Marius is a more noteworthy figure...Romans, but it was Caius Marius who first gave a serious...profession of arms. Such was Caius Julius Caesar in the...fourteen years of age, Marius procured for him the...
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Caesar, a History of the Art of War among the Romans Down to the End of the Roman Empire, with a Detailed Account of the Campaigns of Caius Julius Caesar
Book by Theodore Ayrault Dodge; Biblo and Tannen, 1963
Subjects: Caesar, Julius, Military Art And Science--History, Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C
...A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF CAIUS JULIUS CAESAR WITH 258 CHARTS, MAPS, PLANS...People had seriously feared a return of the Marius-Sulla horrors. But it was not long before...to Mark Antony, and put Illyricum under Caius Antonius and Cisalpine Gaul under Licinius...
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Latin Epics of the New Testament: Juvencus, Sedulius, Arator
Book by Roger P. H. Green; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Arator--Subdiaconus--Fl. 513-544--Criticism And Interpretation, Bible--N.T--Gospels--History Of Biblical Events--Poetry, Christian Literature, Latin (Medieval And Modern)--History And Criticism, Epic Poetry, Latin (Medieval And Modern)--History And Criticism, Juvencus, Caius Vettius Aquilinus--Criticism And Interpretation, Sedulius--5th Cent--Criticism And Interpretation
...priest he will have been constantly aware of the needs of his Christian flock. Jeromes comment on the noble ancestry of Caius Vettius Aquili- nus Iuvencus-this name is derived from various manuscripts, which also give Iuvencus as his signum5-is supported...
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Theological Treatises on the Trinity
Book by Mary T. Clark, Marius Victorinus; Catholic University of America Press, 1981
Subjects: Arianism, Theology--Early Works To 1800, Trinity
...the one hand, "To ____________________ 1 From C. Gore, "Victorinus," DCB 4.1129, we learn that he was called Caius Marius as well as Marius Fabius; he is known as Afer from the region of his birth. 2 From Latin grammarians Victorinus...
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Le Sang Provencal: Joachim Gasquet's Cezanne
Journal article by Jonathan Kear; Journal of European Studies, 2002
Subjects: Artists, French--Portrayals, Biographies--Criticism and interpretation, Biography--Criticism and interpretation, Cezanne, Paul--Portrayals, French artists--Portrayals, Gasquet, Joachim--Criticism and interpretation
...the Montagne Sainte-Victoire that, as Plutarch states, Caius Marius defeated the Teutons a hundred years before the birth...by a picture. by Decamps which depicts the victory of Marius Caius, The Rout of the Cimbri, 1834; Gasquet, Cezanne, op...
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Apolitical Shakespeare; or, the Restoration 'Coriolanus
Journal article by Thomas G. Olsen; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 38, 1998
Subjects: Coriolanus (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Drama--17th century, Dramatists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Shakespeare, William--Works, Stage adaptations--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Tate, Nahum--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...as Otways Venice Preservd and The History and Fall of Caius Marius, suppressed or moderated the full truth of Charless...and Cressida and Thomas Otways The History and Fall of Caius Marius (1679); in the following year, John Crownes Henry V...
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"We Have Wines of All Kinds: Red, White, and Green": Romanian Reactions to the Hungarian Uprising in 1956 *
Journal article by Johanna Granville; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 54, 2008
Subjects: Hungarian history--Military aspects, Hungarian history--Political aspects, Revolutions--History, Romanian foreign relations--Military aspects, Romanian foreign relations--Political aspects
...Constantinescu" in Florica Dobre and Liviu Marius Bejenaru, eds, Membrii C.C. al P.C.R...octombrie 1956 (Bucharest, 2004), p. 52. (77) Caius Mutiu, Teodor Stanca, and Aurel Baghiu...Oaza de libertate, p. 46. Octavian Vulpe, Caius Mutiu, and Aurel Baghiu also mention this...
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Reconstructing Rebellion: The Politics of Narrative in the Confederate Memoir
Journal article by Andrew C. Higgins; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 58, 2004
Subjects: Confederacies--Political aspects, Confederacies--Social aspects, Confederate States of America. Army--Portrayals, Confederation of states--Political aspects, Confederation of states--Social aspects, Literary styles--Criticism and interpretation, Soldiers' writings--Criticism and interpretation, Style, Literary--Criticism and interpretation, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Political aspects, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Portrayals, United States Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865, United States history--Political aspects, United States history--Portrayals, United States history--Social aspects
...last sentence is to a painting of Caius Marius, a Roman general who reformed the...probably refers to the painting "Caius Marius Amid the Ruins of Carthage" by...survivors of the Civil War, like Marius, are noble champions of the people...


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encyclopedia articles on: Marius Caius  - 9 results

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Marius, Caius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MARIUS, CAIUS mar e s, c.157 b.c. 86 b.c., Roman general. A plebeian...Mithradates VI of Pontus turned into civil war; Sulla won, and Marius fled Rome. When Sulla went off to fight, Marius, now allied with the consul Cinna, returned and slaughtered...
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Victorinus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VICTORINUS (Caius Marius Victorinus Afer)vikt ri n s, fl. 361, Roman grammarian, b. Africa. He became renowned as a teacher of rhetoric in Rome and as an...
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Caesar, Julius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...benefited from the patronage of his uncle by marriage, Caius Marius . In 82 b.c., when Caesar refused to obey Sulla s...recognized head of the popular party. His praise of Marius and Cinna made him popular with the people, but earned...
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Catulus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Rome, of the Lutatian gens. Caius Lutatius Catulus was consul...colleague in the consulship was Marius , with whom he went north to...retreat before the Cimbri until Marius returned from Gaul. The two...in 101 b.c. He later opposed Marius in the Social War and favored...
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Saturninus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Macedonia. With the demagogue Glaucia he instigated the murder of Caius Memmius, Glaucias rival for the consulship; for this the senate...fled from the Forum to the Capitol, where they surrendered to Marius after the water supply was cut off. While they were being held...
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