The Rise of Marius: Third Founder of Rome
The Ancients
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Is This Really the Pinnacle of His Career?
If you just looka machiavellian terms a the power that he achieved, he certainly does manage to make a very successful comeback. If you look actually, i's political career, it's not a very happy one. That's a fundamental problem. He is not really associated with any substantial political reform,. except for an electoral reform, ballot reform, early on during his tribunate in 119 but during his consulship and then later on towards thend of his life. It's very interesting, and i must ask mtus to wrap it up, regarding that, his military capability, but maybe less so his political ability. As this is going on, particularly at the turn
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