... and was elected Tribune for the plebeians in 119 BC. By using the military he was able to advance himself politically. Even his marriage to Julia, the aunt of Gaius Julius Caesar, around 110 BC, was used to further his political career. He gained access to Rome's nobility and thus the political circuit. Plutarch wrote about what he believed to be Marius ... ...

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