The Greatest Leader of All Time, Marius Adarrived

In order to join an exclusive club, break into some established alite, be prepared to outwork them and even challenge them directly before they will accept you. Many leaders in history have also had to face this problem themistocles, constantine, lincoln. Marius learned the rules, and he played within established political norms. He married into a great family. His son did too. And there's actually one famous story about marius's toughness and indifference to pain that we didn't tell. The surgery for varacose veins, in those days was done with a knife and a little hooked instrument and anaesthetic. So on his military campaigns, marius would dig with his