Marius had many friends and many enemies. Both his friends and enemies were powerful. Gaius Julius Caesar saw the potential to be great in Marius. He knew Marius wanted to be consul, and knew that Marius deserved the position. Marius had been elected as Quaestor years before. Gaius Julius knew that he was too old to be consul, so he decided to offer Marius marriage to his daughter, Julia. This would br

Marius was called the Third Founder of Rome. Some people accused him of wanting to become king, but this was never his intention. He was a military man and he thought like a military man. He was the kind of man who knew what he had to do to get things done. Marius sent his second in command, Sulla, as a spy on the Germans, and also to supervise Quintus Lutatius Catulus Caesar. Marius was convinced that Quintus Lutatius was incapable of conducting a successful military strategy against the Germans.

Manius Aquillius was the man who proposed for Gaius Marius to be consul for a third time, second time in a row, and in absentia. He believed this was the only way that Marius would have the power to become the leader of the troops against the Germans and save Rome.

Marius spent most of his consulship in war with the Germans. He was much better in war strategy than politics. This helped Marius keep his consulship so many times. He was re-elected in absentia three times. When the war with the Germans was over, Marius came back to Rome and wanted to pass laws to give land to his soldiers. He promised his veterans plots of land and Roman citizenship to Italian soldiers. The Gracchi brothers tried to do this in earlier years but were turned down by the senate. Marius had much opposition, especially from Quintus Caecilius. When Saturninus introduced the second agrarian law, Quintus Caecilius refused to sign the bill and therefore paid his fine and sent himself into exile.

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