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| | Gaius Marius - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | Gaius Marius was born in B.C. 157, at the village of Cereatae (modern Casamare) |
 | | Only four years had elapsed since the death of Gaius Sempronius Gracchus, and the aristocratical party at Rome, flushed with victory, and undisputed masters of the state, resolved to put down with a high hand the least invasion of their privileges and power. |
 | | Although he possessed neither wealth nor eloquence, by which the Roman people were chiefly influenced, yet he gained much popularity by his well-known energy of character, his patient endurance of toil and hardship, and his simple mode of life, which formed a striking contrast to the extravagant and voluptuous habits of his noble contemporaries. |
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