Why Did the Romans Put Up With It?

Rome was facing an emergency military situation where they were sort of simultaneously around the age around marius. To serve in the legions, you had to own a certain amount of property. You actually had to literally be rich enough to serve in the legion. And by the middle of the book,  you get marius making this fateful request for an exemption from that requirement. That was a fairly momentous change in how the romans conducted politics in war. It does have a lot to do with that people who are now going to be loyal more to their general than to the state.