For centuries, Lucius Cornelius Sulla has been reviled as a maniacal tyrant who defiled the Roman constitution and instituted bloody purges, but some modern historians assert that he has been judged too harshly. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/818/lucius-cornelius-sulla-guardian-or-enemy-of-the-ro/ #History #GaiusMarius #Jugurtha #JuliusCaesar

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Jugurtha (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/Jugurtha/ #History #Carthage #Dougga #GaiusMarius

The Roman Army, famed for its discipline, organisation, and innovation in both weapons and tactics, allowed Rome to build and defend a huge empire which for centuries would dominate the Mediterranean world and beyond. https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Army/ #History #Arminius #GaiusMarius #GladiusHispaniensis

The Roman Army, famed for its discipline, organisation, and innovation in both weapons and tactics, allowed Rome to build and defend a huge empire which for centuries would dominate the Mediterranean world and beyond. https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Army/ #History #Arminius #GaiusMarius #GladiusHispaniensis

Jugurtha (r. 118-105 BCE) was King of Numidia in North Africa and grandson of the first Numidian king Masinissa (r. c. 202-148 BCE). He was the illegitimate son of Mastanabal, Masinissa's youngest son, and was the least likely of Masinissa's grandsons to ever come to power.https://www.worldhistory.org/Jugurtha/ #Carthage #Dougga #GaiusMarius #History

Despite allegedly founding Rome and being hailed a hero, Romulus’ legacy is complex and his biography is even disturbing at times.https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1664/the-legend-of-romulus/ #Augustus #GaiusMarius #RomulusandRemus #History

King Mithridates VI of Pontus, also known as Mithradates VI Eupator Dionysus and Mithridates the Great (135–63 BCE, r. 120-63 BCE) was a dogged Roman foe for much of his life. In 88 BCE, he orchestrated the mass killing of up to 150,000 Roman and Italian noncombatants in a single day, if the number of victims Plutarch gave is to be believed, and over the course of decades, he was embroiled in i...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/906/mithridates-poison-elixir-fact-or-fiction/ #GaiusMarius #Mithridate #MithridatesVI #History

🪷 #GaiusMarius, Rome's first great general, transformed an undiscipined army into the world's mightiest military force in the 1st Century BC. Legend says that, as a boy, he found an eagle's nest with 7 chicks. As consul he declared the eagle the symbol of Rome. Died 13 January 86 BC.🪷

For centuries, Lucius Cornelius Sulla has been reviled as a maniacal tyrant who defiled the Roman constitution and instituted bloody purges, but some modern historians assert that he has been judged too harshly. They present him as a republican champion who predominantly acted out of necessity and often with the best of intentions. As always, the truth is more complex.
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/818/lucius-cornelius-sulla-guardian-or-enemy-of-the-ro/ #GaiusMarius #Jugurtha #JuliusCaesar