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Michael CarricoMichael Carrico
Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Gaius Marius, Military Reforms, and the Rise of Professional Armies (107–86 BCE)

Gaius Marius, Military Reforms, and the Rise of Professional Armies (107–86 BCE)

  1. Marius elected consul and given Numidian command

    Labels: Gaius Marius, Jugurthine War, Numidia

  2. Recruitment of landless citizens expands army pool

    Labels: Capite Censi, Recruitment Reform, Gaius Marius

  3. Jugurtha captured through Sulla and Bocchus

    Labels: Jugurtha, Lucius Sulla, Bocchus

  4. Marius’ triumph and Jugurtha’s execution in Rome

    Labels: Triumph, Jugurtha, Gaius Marius

  5. Unprecedented run of consecutive consulships begins

    Labels: Gaius Marius, Consulships, Cimbri War

  6. Marius defeats Teutones at Aquae Sextiae

    Labels: Battle of, Teutones, Gaius Marius

  7. Marius and Catulus defeat Cimbri at Vercellae

    Labels: Battle of, Quintus Catulus, Gaius Marius

  8. Saturninus’ agrarian law targets land for veterans

    Labels: Lucius Saturninus, Agrarian Law, Veterans

  9. Final decree and killing of Saturninus and Glaucia

    Labels: Senatus Consultum, Saturninus, Gaius Marius

  10. Sulpicius transfers Mithridatic command from Sulla to Marius

    Labels: Publius Sulpicius, Mithridatic Command, Gaius Marius

  11. Sulla’s first march on Rome forces Marius into exile

    Labels: Lucius Sulla, March on, Gaius Marius

  12. Cinna and Marius capture Rome; proscriptions follow

    Labels: Lucius Cinna, Gaius Marius, Proscriptions

  13. Marius elected consul for seventh time

    Labels: Gaius Marius, Seventh Consulship, Republican Norms

  14. Death of Gaius Marius

    Labels: Gaius Marius, Death, Military Reforms