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Mar·i·us (mâr

s, m

-), Gaius 155?-86 b.c.

Roman general and politician. Elected consul seven times, he reformed the military and lost a disastrous civil war (88) to his political rival Sulla.

Marius [ˈmɛərɪəs ˈmærɪəs]

(Biographies / Marius, Gaius (?155 bc-86 bc) M, Roman, MILITARY: general, POLITICS: consul) Gaius (ˈgaɪəs). ?155-86 bc, Roman general and consul. He defeated Jugurtha, the Cimbri, and the Teutons (107-101), but his rivalry with Sulla caused civil war (88). He was exiled but returned (87) and took Rome

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Cimbri Marian Pater Petipa Sertorius Sulla			Ten young descendants of Marius and the Gracchi, barefooted and out at elbows, with one hand resting on the hip and the other gracefully curved above the head, stared at the traveller, the post-chaise, and the horses; to these were added about fifty little vagabonds from the Papal States, who earned a pittance by diving into the Tiber at high water from the bridge of St. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context Don't you remember the chapter in Marius where Pater talks of the gentle exercise of walking as the best incentive to conversation? Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context In plain prose, here are four whales as well known to the students of Cetacean History as Marius or Sylla to the classic scholar. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context			Maritimal maritime Maritime Alps maritime area Maritime Command maritime control area maritime defense sector maritime environment maritime law Maritime loan maritime operation maritime power projection maritime pre-positioning force operation maritime pre-positioning ships Maritime Provinces maritime search and rescue region maritime special purpose force maritime superiority maritime supremacy Maritime surveying Maritimer Maritimes Maritsa Mariupol Mariupol' Marius Marivaux marjoram Mark Mark Anthony Mark Antony Mark Clark mark down Mark Hopkins mark of Cain mark off mark out Mark Rothko Mark Tobey Mark Twain mark up Mark Wayne Clark mark-up marka Markable Markaz-ud-Dawa-wal-Irshad markdown marked marked-up markedly Markee			Maritime War Headquarters Maritime warfare Maritime Warfare Centre Maritime Warfare Officer Maritime Wheelchair Basketball Association Maritime Zone of India Act Maritimer Maritimer Maritimers Maritimers Unite for Medical Marijuana Maritimes Maritimes Maritimes Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Maritimes provinces Maritme Security Operations Maritsa Maritsa Maritsa River Maritsa River Maritsa River, Battle of the 1371 maritus Maritzburg Maritzburg Mariupol Mariupol Mariupol Burial Ground Mariupol' Mariupol' Mariupolite Marius Marius (disambiguation) Marius (disambiguation) Marius Albert Soboul Marius Ivanovich Petipa Marius of Rome Marius Petipa Marius Petipa Marius Sophus Lie Marius, Caius Marius, Gaius Marius, Gaius Marivaux Marivaux Marivaux, Pierre Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Mariy El Mariy El Republic Mariy-El Republic, Russia Marj, Al- Marja Curie Marja Curie Marja Konopnicka Marja Szumska Marjam Vir-Tuominen Marjamaa Märjamaa MARJiS Marjolaine marjoram marjoram

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