Gaius Marius (consul 82 BC)
Gaius Marius | |
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Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella | |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 110 BC[1] |
Died | 82 BC Praeneste |
Spouse(s) | Licinia (c. 92 BC) Mucia Tertia[2](c. 82 BC) |
Parent(s) | Gaius Marius and Julia |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Rome Marians |
Battles/wars | |
Gaius Marius "the Younger" (c. 110 BC – 82 BC)
Biography
Marius the Younger was the son
Due to the political turmoil launched by his father in 88 BC to strip his rival
Learning of
Marius minor was elected consul for 82 BC and deployed on the frontiers of Latium to oppose Sulla, who had conquered the southern part of Italy after landing in
At the
After his defeat, Marius gave orders to allies in Rome to kill a number of Sullan supporters before Rome was captured by Sulla,[18] including his father-in-law, Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex,[22] the ex-consul Lucius Domitius, Publius Antistius and Gaius Carbo.[23] Although both Gnaeus Papirius Carbo and Lucius Junius Brutus Damasippus attempted to break the siege, they were unsuccessful, with relief forces being intercepted and destroyed en route.[24] After receiving news of Sulla's victory at the Battle of the Colline Gate, Marius made one final attempt to escape, this time by digging a tunnel under the walls, but the attempt was uncovered. Marius committed suicide so as not to fall into enemy hands.[5][4]
In 45 BC, a man referred to as Pseudo-Marius appeared in Rome, claiming to be the son of the younger Marius.[25]
Notes
- ^ He is sometimes said to be adopted,[5] on the basis of Appian, who first describes him as the son of the great Marius, but in a subsequent passage, says the consul of 82 was the general's nephew.[6] No other ancient sources suggest that the younger Marius was adopted.
- Chronography of 354, the consul for this year is recorded as Marius’s cousin, Marcus Marius Gratidianus.[citation needed][undue weight?]
References
- ^ a b c Badian, Ernst (2012). "Marius (RE 15) (2), Gaius". Oxford Classical Dictionary. p. 900.
- ^ Plutarch, Life of Marius, 35.6-7
- ^ Duncan 2017, p. 235.
- ^ a b Duncan 2017, p. 242.
- ^ a b c Smith 1867, p. 959.
- ^ Appian 1913, 62, 87.
- Marcus Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman History, ii. 26.
- ^ a b Smith 1867, p. 953.
- ISBN 978-0-8132-1150-3.
- JSTOR 4431470.
- ^ Duncan 2017, p. 199.
- ^ Smith 1867, pp. 956–7.
- ^ Smith 1867, p. 957.
- ^ Smith 1867, p. 958.
- ^ Smith 1867, pp. 957–8.
- ^ Dio, 30–35, fr. 102, 12
- ^ Duncan 2017, p. 216.
- ^ a b Duncan 2017, p. 237.
- ISBN 978-3-515-06948-9.
- ^ Hildinger 2002, p. 206.
- ^ Broughton, pg. 68
- ^ Plutarch, Life of Marius, 35.6-7
- ^ Broughton, pg. 67
- ^ Duncan 2017, p. 240.
- ^ Cicero, Letters to Atticus xii. 49, xiv. 6–8; Cicero, Philippicae i. 2; Valerius Maximus, ix. 15. § 2; Appian, Civil Wars iii. 2, 3; Livy, Epit. 116; Nicolaus of Damascus, Life of Augustus c. 14. p. 258, ed. Coraes.
Sources
- Appian (1913). Bellum civile. Translated by White, Horace. Harvard University Press – via Loeb Classical Library.
- Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon; Patterson, Marcia L. (1951). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic: 509 B.C.-100 B.C. Vol. 2. American Philological Association. ISBN 978-0-89130-706-8.
- Duncan, Mike (2017). The Storm before the Storm. New York: PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-5417-2403-7.
- Hildinger, Erik (2002). Swords against the Senate: the rise of the Roman army and the fall of the Republic (1st Da Capo Press ed.). Cambridge: Da Capo Press. OCLC 50882463.
- Smith, William (1867). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2.