Gaius Marius

In Rome, where increased wealth meant greater power, the inequality between the rich and the poor not only in terms of living standards but also in power was extremely distinct. The Gracchus brothers sought to weaker the powers of the Senate by increasing the influence of the popular assembly, effectively restoring the balance of power in the Republic. The patricians invested heavily in the Roman expansion which led to a huge accumulation of wealth for them. On the other hand, the poor were…

gens Julia, a patrician family that “claimed descent from Iulus, son of the legendary Trojan prince Aeneas, supposedly, the son of the goddess Venus” (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar). Caesar had quite a large family, which included his parents, Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia Cotta. Over the course of his life, he had three wives: first Cornelia, then Pompeia, and then Calpurnia. His marriage with Cornelia ended because of her death, his…

In 67 B.C. Caesar’s wife, Cornelia, died which also split the ties between Caesars family and Marius. Caesar was very quick to remarry and he still had a political angle in mind like his first marriage. “Pompeia was the granddaughter of Sulla, and Caesar wanted to establish closer ties with Crassus (c. 115-53 B.C.), a leading figure in the aristocratic…

Rome, Italy, one of the oldest cities in the world. “Founded by the two brothers, and demi-gods, Romulus and Remus” as early as 753 B.C. Romulus and Remus were abandoned by their mother, raised by a wolf, and eventually found by a Shepherd and his wife. After discovering the city together Romulus killed his own brother consequently declaring himself as the ruler. Not only did he just kill his brother, declared himself as the ruler but also named the city after himself. Ancient Rome overflows…

Persian armies but by civil unrest. Resources are needed to keep any Empire strong and full of vigor. We can not gain new resources if we do not expand. However we can not expand, if our legions are loyal to their generals more and more often ever since Marius and his war with Lucius Sulla. The victor of these skirmishes can determine the outcome of Rome politically. Take for example Julius Caesar, if it was not for the camaraderie of his men he would never have obtained power and established…

Explain the negative effects of the Roman conquests Rome held a fate that would be devastating to the city-state following its great conquests. However, to understand the unraveling of the Roman republic, it’s important to understand how Rome obtained the position it had and what ultimately caused the negative effects. To do this an overview of how Rome became the fairest one of all is necessary. This essay will briefly examine how Rome rose to power and through power and greatness lost its…

also given credit for laying out the foundation of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar is thought to been have born around 100 B.C. His family was a senatorial, patrician family. His uncle was actually another famous Roman general, Marius. When he was sixteen his father Marius had past away and Julius Caesars life became quite difficult, however he turned everything around and began to campaign and successfully received the title of consulship around 60 B.C. During that time he began a…

Roman Generals Marius and Sulla began recruiting soldiers loyal to them instead of the state. To recruit citizens they offered bounties and land upon, from the military. The third step involved the combination of Pompeius Magnus, Lincinius Crassus and Julius Caesar and…

Sulla also enacted political reform, the diverted power back to the Senate. I know where the accomplishment during this dictatorship is when Sulla took his army and marched on Rome, where his army battled Gaius Marius, another Roman general after a series of political intrigues. The unfortunate downside of seizing power in Rome by force, with that it would later inspire further rulers or would-be rulers to circumnavigate the process of choosing leadership, and…

the many biographies that have been written about him by well-known authors, and probably most famously, Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar”. Gaius Julius Caesar was born in July 100 BC to an aristocratic family. When he was 15 years old, his father died and he became the head of his family. He got caught in the middle of a civil war between his uncle Marius and his enemy Sulla. His loyalty was to family, but when Sulla became the leader, Caesar left Rome and joined the military. Caesar was…