26 - Marius 2: Third Founder of Rome
Cost of Glory
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A Plebicite Against Metellus
Gaius marius was a principaled man. He had made his stands clear to the senate, to the entire city five days ago. How could a man like metellus change his stants at a moment's notice on the grounds of some deceptive legal chicanery? The next day, saturninus called another plebicite and told the veterans that they would not get their land as long as metellus remained in the city. And now he has broken a law of the people of which he knew the consequence. But nobody dared prosecute even though, to all appearances, marius was sitting at the top of the roman hierarchy. Could he wright this ship
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