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  Marius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marius was a novus homo (a so-called "new man", without senatorial forebears) from the Italian countryside who came to prominence in Rome through military competence, and whom elements in the oligarchy had philosophical difficulties assimilating into the political system.
The facts that Marius had connections with the nobility in Rome, that he ran for local office in Arpinum and that he had marriage relations with the local nobility in Arpinum all combine to indicate that he was born into a locally important family of equestrian status.
Marius seems to have been able to get exactly what he wanted and it even seems that his support determined whom the People would elect as his colleagues (his choice was apparently determined on the basis of their malleability).
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 GAIUS MARIUS - LoveToKnow Article on GAIUS MARIUS
Marius, out of unpromising materials and a demoralized soldiery, organized a well-disciplined army, with which he inflicted on the invaders two decisive defeats, the first in 102 at Aquae Sextiae (Aix), 18 m.
In 101 Marius was elected consul a fifth time (previously in 107, 104, 103, 102), hailed as the " saviour of his country," and honored with a triumph of unprecedented splendour.
Marius, however, unlike Caesar, did not attempt to overturn the oligarchy by means of the army; he used rather such expedients as the constitution seemed to allow, though they had to be backed up by riot and violence.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MARIUS_GAIUS.htm   (1153 words)

  
 The Internet Classics Archive | Caius Marius by Plutarch
Marius came forth with glory to the people and confirmed his law, and was henceforth esteemed a man of undaunted courage and assurance, as well as a vigorous opposer of the senate in favour of the commons.
Marius answered that the Romans never consulted their enemies when to fight, however, he would gratify the Cimbri so far; and so they fixed upon the third day after and for the place, the plain near Vercellae, which was convenient enough for the Roman horse, and afforded room for the enemy to display their numbers.
Marius, in return for this piece of service, was forced to connive at Saturninus now proceeding to the very height of insolence and violence, and was, without knowing it, the instrument of mischief beyond endurance, the only course of which was through outrages and massacres to tyranny and the subversion of the government.
classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/c_marius.html   (6198 words)

  
 Marius the Ancient
Marius desired their bond to be permanent, but their happiness became short-lived when, only six months later, Santino's coven put a torch to Marius and captured Armand.
Marius feels he is truly immortal, that he is the perfect guardian for Akasha and Enkil, and that his is now the "continual awareness." He is in love with humanity's progress, although he realises that human evolution away from belief in gods and superstitions has made him, as a vampire, obsolete.
Marius joins those vampires who stand against Akasha and Lestat and their rampage of destruction, and uses his own belief in the need for human evolution to attempt to reason with Akasha.
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 Gaius Marius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marius' new legions prefigured Caesar's troops crossing the Rubicon, the later Praetorian Guard who made and broke Emperors, and the eventual empowerment of the Roman legions to choose and control the autocrats of state.
Marius altered the way that the pilum (the throwing spear of the common soldier) was fixed to the shaft; this caused the point to break off upon impact, which meant Rome's enemies could not return the spear against her legions.
Marius turned against Saturninus in 99 and this led to rioting and, eventually, the murder of the Tribune and his supporters inside the Senate house, when opponents pelted the men to death with roof tiles.
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 Gaius Marius
Marius was a strong person and devoted to war as his earlier training had been in the army.
Marius was born to Marius and Fulcinia and had a rough and unrefined upbringing.
Marius then joins Catulus who was facing the Cimbri and with a combined force of around 52,000 troops, defeats the Cimbri and their king, Boeorix.
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 The Galileo Project | Science | Simon Marius
Marius[1] was born in Gunzenhausen in the territory of the Markgrafschaft of Ansbach (south Germany).
I speak of Simon Marius of Gunzenhausen; he it was in Padua, where I resided at the time, who set forth in Latin the use of the said compass of mine and, appropriating it to himself, had one of his pupils print this under his name.
Along comes Marius, and, appropriating my very observations, he prints in the title page of his book and again in the opening part of his work that he had already made his observations in the year 1609, trying to give people the idea that he was first.
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 Marius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marius was of humble beginnings, having been born near the town of Arpinum in Latium.
First serving in Spain, Marius was essentially a military man. He did not hold any public office until he was voted to the position of Tribune of the People in 119 BC.
Marius, elected consul again in 105 BC, enojyed successive election victories as consul until 101 BC, during which time his task was to destroy the menace of the Cimbri and Teutones, who had shattered teh Romans earlier.
www.roman-empire.net /republic/marius.html   (1229 words)

  
 Marius and Sulla
Marius became quaestor in 123 and, with the help of the influential family of the Caecilii Metelli, was elected tribune of the plebs in 119.
Marius threatened to arrest the consul unless the senate's unlawful decree was withdrawn.
Marius was unsuccessful in his attempt for the positions of curule aedile and plebeian aedile, but became praetor for 115, barely securing acquittal on a charge of electoral corruption.
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 Marcus Aurelius Marius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marcus Aurelius Marius was emperor of the Gallic Empire in AD According to later tradition, he was a flsmith by trade who rose through the ranks of the Roman army to become an officer.
Based upon the number of coins he issued, a more accurate length for his reign would be at least two or three months.
Marius is listed among the Thirty Tyrants in the Historia Augusta.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_Marius   (142 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In fact, when Marius became consul at the age of 50 he was only the same age as Sulla when he became consul, and few would accuse Sulla of a lack of political acumen.
But Marius used his military success as one of the strongest weapons in his political armoury; in that sense his military ability should not be 'relegated' or overlooked, although it perhaps plays a lesser role than has previously been argued.
Evans argues that Marius' use of Sulpicius was a return to his policy of 107 and even the law to give him a command against Mithridates was not unprecedented since it paralleled that of 107 giving him command against Jugurtha.
www.und.ac.za /und/classics/96-24eva.html   (2152 words)

  
 life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marius was elected urban praetor in 115 BCE, and, soon after, married Julia the aunt of Julius Caesar (whom Plutarch claims was strongly influenced by Marius, p.18).
Marius' next career move was to serve as senior legate to his patron Metellus in the Jugurthine Wars.
Marius became increasingly disconcerted with Metellus as the campaign war on, and in 107 BCE returned to Rome and was elected Consul for the first time.
faculty.vassar.edu /jolott/old_courses/republic1998/marius/life.htm   (490 words)

  
 Marius
Mael abducted Marius because he was impressed by him and wanted him to become a god -in fact a vampire- to replace the 'God of the Grove', a burned and crippled vampire kept in an oak to preside over the harvest.
Marius discovered that if Akasha and Enkil were harmed, all the other vampires would be harmed the same way, since they were the source of all vampires.
Marius loved Lestat for his 'innocence' and intelligence but he eventually sent him away for Lestat had drunk Akasha's blood and could awaken her and Enkil, which would be dangerous for all vampires.
lestat.de.lioncourt1.free.fr /marius.htm   (705 words)

  
 Marius Petipa
Marius Petipa was born in Marseilles March 11, 1822.
Marius Petipa began his dance studies at age 7, but at first did not care much for the art form.
Marius and his father Jean toured North America in 1839 after which Marius studied with Auguste Vestris in Bordeaux.
www.balletmet.org /Notes/Petipa.html   (1146 words)

  
 The Life of Caius Marius
Marius told them that he was waiting for the Gods to tell him the right time and place for him to win the battle.[31] So the enemy tried to attack Marius’ camp but failed.
Marius barely escaped several times with his life during this flight,[50] and finally joined up with Cinna, one of the consuls of 87, who had been behaving like a dictator and was exiled by the other consul, Cnaeus Octavius, when Sulla was away fighting Mithridates.
Marius had been the first in a long line of faction leaders, but he had also been, if not an innovator, at least a synthesizer of much-needed military reforms that also drew on the changing social aspects of Roman society.
www.jerryfielden.com /essays/MARIUS.HTM   (1318 words)

  
 French Culture | Performing Arts | Marius Petipa Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
French dancer and choreographer Marius Petipa (1818-1910), known as the father of classical ballet, was born in Marseilles in 1819 into an artistic family.
Marius continued his studies with Auguste Vestris and, partly to escape from his more successful brother, moved to Bordeaux where he became a principal dancer and performed in Giselle, La Fille mal Gardée and La Péri.
Marius Petipa is considered one of the greatest choreographers of all time.
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 The Telltale Marius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
And every morning, when the day broke, Marius went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to the old man, calling him grandfather in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he had passed the night.
Presently Marius heard a slight groan, and he knew it was the groan of mortal terror.
Marius paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observation of the inspector - but the noise steadily increased.
www.angelfire.com /gundam/otto/grayswandir/telltale.html   (1951 words)

  
 Metro Pulse/Cover/Richard Marius
Richard Marius was born in Dixie Lee Junction in 1933 and died from pancreatic cancer in Belmont, Massachusetts, on November 5, 1999, having worked and written his way from humble beginnings on a 20-acre farm to the hallowed halls of ivy at Harvard University.
In this case, Marius' opponent was Heiko Oberman, regents professor of history and director of the Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies at the University of Arizona.
Marius is survived by his wife, Lanier, and their son John; his brother John Marius; and sons Richard and Fred with first wife Gail Needham.
www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2001/1148/t_cover.html   (3662 words)

  
 ________ COPACABANA (RJ) - MARIUS RESTAURANTE - CARNES E CRUSTACEOS ________   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marius Meat is located in Copacabana Beach, where you can enjoy the luxurious sight of the most famous Brazilian beach in the world.
The meat served at Marius Restaurant comes from a program known as Green and Ecology Friendly Cattle which has its development monitored by chips.
Marius Restaurant has completed more than 30 years in the high class gastronomy segment of typical Brazilian cuisine and is well known worldwide.
www.marius.com.br /html/restaurantes_linguas/ingles/carnes_ingles.htm   (170 words)

  
 Simon Marius (1573-1624)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Simon Mayr (Latinized Marius) was born in Gunzenhausen, Bavaria, on January 20, 1573.
Marius died in Ansbach on December 26, 1624.
Simon Marius was lately honored by the astronomical community by naming a Lunar crater after him in 1935; Moon crater Marius is at 11.9 N, 50.8 W and 41 km in diameter.
www.seds.org /messier/xtra/Bios/marius.html   (280 words)

  
 Marius
Marius is a beguiling character from the "Vampire Chronicles" series of novels by Anne Rice.
Marius was made into a vampire during the time of the Roman Empire, and enters The Vampire Chronicles after Lestat, the anti-hero of Interview With The Vampire becomes so unhappy he tries to find other vampires to learn their history and secrets.
Marius' own story is told in "Blood and Gold" where we finally learn the secrets of his 2000 year existence.
sas.planetthesims.gamespy.com /CulturalHF/marius/marius.htm   (1837 words)

  
 Marius_Richard_tn
On July 29, 1933, Marius was born to Henri and Eunice (Henck) Marius in Martel, Tennessee.
Marius later worked at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville as an assistant professor from 1964-1968, an associate professor from 1968-1973, and a professor of history from 1973-1978.
He states, "Richard Marius has written a biography of Luther from which all readers—believers and unbelievers—will profitÂ… It is a masterpiece: a lifetime's study turned into a panoramic consideration of what the whole Christian story implies.
www.ncteamericancollection.org /litmap/marius_richard_tn.htm   (1331 words)

  
    ___ Blood and Gold :: Marius de Romanus (Vampire Chronicles) Approved Fanlisting & Fansite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I guess you could make a case that it is Marius, and the chains are symbolic or some such, but I doubt it.
Yes, on the book about Marius, with Lestat not in it at all (at least nothing more than passing storytelling), Lestat is on the cover.
It says in The Vampire Armand (which I would wager is the time given the clothing), "His blonde hair was parted in the middle in a saintly fashion and combed richly down to his shoulders where it broke over his cloak in lustrious curls." So, no, it's not too long.
marius.baptism-of-blood.net /indexx.php   (698 words)

  
 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Marius, Caius @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
MARIUS, CAIUS [Marius, Caius], c.157 BC-86 BC, Roman general.
When Sulla went off to fight, Marius, now allied with the consul Cinna, returned and slaughtered (88 BC) his opponents.
Marius was a great general, whose military reforms resulted in a professional soldiery with political influence, but he was also capable of great treachery in furthering his own ambitions.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Marius-C&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (212 words)

  
 Marius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marius' two major reforms which can be classified as such processes were the structural changes made to the cohorts and the change in the land requirement previously necessary for service.
Marius is also credited with some tactical adaptations, as well as the expansion of some traditions, which helped to make the army more efficient.
Plutarch writes in Marius' biography that the soldiers were nicknamed Marius' Mules, laden down with the baggage of the army.
faculty.vassar.edu /jolott/old_courses/republic1998/marius/reform.htm   (511 words)

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