The Problem of Being a War Hero

Marius is a war hero, but the problem of being a war hero is that there's always a younger, hotter model that comes along. So mariu's policies are a threat to his political enemies. And this brings him into conflict with the nobles pretty quickly. But what really comes to a head between these two men is that sula's given an army to go off into the east and fight,. His political rivals in rome get the army taken ordered that the army be taken away from him and given to marius.