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Gaius Marius, Roman Consul (157 BC - 13 Jan 86 BC)

Roman senator, consul and general, who battled Sulla for control of Rome in the first century BC. He notably reformed the army (abolishing the property requirement for service). Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-3967?rskey=s61sqe&result=2 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Marius Relationships: Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC) was a nephew of Gaius Marius
Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138 BC-78 BC) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Gaius Marius
References in Documents:
Bargrave's catalogue: Rara, Antiqua, et Numismata Bargraviana (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16a)

20. C. Marius. VII. Cos.

Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) C. Marius.