🎧 The Rise of Marius: Third Founder of Rome
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Gaius Marius (157 BC – 86 BC) was one of the first warlords of the late Roman Republic, a general and statesman who held the office of consul an unprecedented seven times during his life.
Famed for his momentous reforms to the Roman armies - such as instituting professional soldiery and improving the pilum javelin - as well as his clash with rival Sulla, Marius was hailed as the "third founder of Rome" for his victories (after Romulus and Remus, of course).
In this episode Tristan is joined by Dr Federico Santangelo, Professor of Ancient History at the University of Newcastle, to find out more about the man whose career changed the course of Rome's future and made it the most powerful civilisation in the world.
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