biography
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| lived:
| (c.157–86 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman general and politician, born in Arpinum. Of comparatively humble extraction, his military talents and ruthless ambition enabled him to rise to the very top in Rome, where he held an unprecedented number of consulships (seven), and married into the heart of the aristocracy - the Julian gens. Famous in his lifetime for his victories over Jugurtha (105 BC), the Teutones (102 BC), and the Cimbri (101 BC), it was by his army reforms that he made his greatest impact on the state. His final years were dominated by his rivalry with Sulla. The violence with which he recaptured Rome for Cinna from the forces backing Sulla (87 BC) permanently damaged his reputation. |
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