Gaius Marius (consul 82 BC)

Gaius Marius
16th century illustration Gaius Marius The Younger from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office
82 BC
served with Gnaeus Papirius Carbo
Preceded byL. Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus & Gaius Norbanus
Succeeded byMarcus Tullius Decula & Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella
Personal details
Bornc. 110 BC[1]
Died82 BC
Praeneste
Spouse(s)Licinia (c. 92 BC)
Mucia Tertia[2](c. 82 BC)
Parent(s)Gaius Marius and Julia
Military service
AllegianceRome
Marians
Battles/wars

Gaius Marius "the Younger" (c. 110 BC – 82 BC)[1] was a Roman republican general and politician who became consul in 82 BC with Gnaeus Papirius Carbo.[3] He was the son of the Gaius Marius who was the victor of the Jugurthine and Cimbric wars. He fought in Sulla's civil war. He committed suicide that same year at Praeneste, after his defeat by Sulla and during the city's capture by Quintus Lucretius Afella.[4]

  1. ^ a b Badian, Ernst (2012). "Marius (RE 15) (2), Gaius". Oxford Classical Dictionary. p. 900.
  2. ^ Plutarch, Life of Marius, 35.6-7
  3. ^ Duncan 2017, p. 235.
  4. ^ Duncan 2017, p. 242.