Gaius Marius

The three Punic Wars was a series of battles fought between Carthage and Rome that lasted almost a century from 264 BC to 149 BC. As Carthage had the leading power of Western Mediterranean and Rome’s control over the peninsula of Italy. However, both of the two states had different intensions over the island of Sicily leading to the battles of the Punic Wars that soon later ended in a total defeat for Carthage. With the desire of controlling the island of Sicily, Carthage would still have the dominance

Like Qin, the Roman Republic also faced daunting troubles after a period of impressive territorial expansion. By the late 2nd century BCE Rome, formerly a small Latini town along the Tiber River, had become a mighty power that stretched all the way from Hispania to Asia Minor. Centuries of warfare, however, had forced landowning Roman citizens to abandon their field to serve their military terms, leaving the country’s agriculture wrecked, households famished, and many women widowed.3 In such times

body near Giza.The Capital of the ancient Roman Empire in which the bulk play is set.Great public square in Rome at which Caesar is assassinated by the conspiration ,Caesar's father, also called Gaius Julius Caesar, governed the province of Asia, and his sister Julia, Caesar's aunt, married Gaius Marius, one of the most prominent figures in the Republic. His mother, Aurelia Cotta, came from an influential family. Little is recorded of Caesar's childhood. The first deals with the question of justifiable

had a daughter named Julia as stated in "The Twelve Caesars", by C. Suetonius Tranquillus. Sylla-the head of a certain faction of nobles- suspected Caesar to be from the Marius party because Marius married Julia(his aunt). This angered him because there were two powerful parties and Sylla did not like an association with the Marius party. Sylla started to tell

of the optimates, Lucius Cornelius Sulla led a life, which was marked with many military successes in the Jugurthine and Mithridatic Wars, a prominent role in a series of civil wars against Gaius Marius, and his ultimate rise to the office of dictator following a final coup. Julius Caesar, a nephew of Marius, descended from a noble family who were ardent supporters of the populares. Like Sulla, Caesar was greatly renowned as an exceptionally competent military commander, conquering Gaul. Remarkably

spear (Burns). With the enemy already wounded, combined with experience of the triarii, it was often an easy victory. The demand for troops caused a dangerous low in the number of workingmen for the Roman’s (Rosenstein). A man by the name of Gaius Marius was elected as Consul in 107 BC, and completely changed the recruiting strategy, according to UNRV History. What he did was give the unemployed a chance to

Since there have been hundreds of movies and books on the Roman Empire, Lawrence Keppie starts out his introduction in The Making of the Roman Army: From Republic to Empire by stating the questions, “Not another book on the Roman Army? Can there be anything new to say?” (11). But then he goes on to explain how he will go into detail on the origins of the Roman Army, how the empire grew to be the superpower that it was, and the importance in the military during this reign. The army started out with

army usually fight enemies far away from Rome. They all support their general. Some powerful generals can even use army to seize political power.(Textbook 104) The one first general to do so was Gaius Marius. Marius gained much reputation by winning a war and defeated an invasion by some Germanic tribes. Marius abolished the old requirement that a soldier had to own at least a modest amount of property, and he also accepted volunteers instead of just drafting men for service Finally he converted the

he became greatest man in Rome, the highest achievement one might endeavour, outdoing his forefathers. He played the game of Roman politics against some of the greatest minds, brilliantly and shaped what is now known as the “Great Roman Empire”. Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian hereinafter referred to “Augustus”, was given the title of imperium by age of 19, to gain this, he amassed a private army and marched on the Senate in Revenge for his adopted father’s murder. Augustus developed a peaceful and

The roman military was a main part of the Roman empire's expansion and long life. Their legions contained around 4,200 troops. Each had a special name, whether it was an emperor’s name or a god, even a number. But if a legion was destroyed in battle the name was never used again. There wae different levels of infantry in order from highest to lowest was general, senior tribune, centurion, century optio, legionary, foot soldier, spanish slinger, and the samaritan archer. There were also flag men,