person
Gaius Marius
The Roman general who destroyed the migrating Cimbri and Teutones in 102–101 BC.
Reading notes
- The Annals §1.9 Gaius Marius
The general of the Cimbric war, holder of many consulships, equalled by Augustus's tally.
- The Germania §37 Gaius Marius
The general who destroyed the Cimbri and Teutones in 102–101 BC.
- The Histories §2.41 Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius (c. 157–86 BC), the great general of humble birth whose rivalry with Sulla opened the late-Republican civil wars Tacitus cites as the pattern of the present strife.