Gaius Marius

This article is about the Roman statesman who reorganized the army, and was seven times Consul. For other people with the name Marius see Marius (Disambiguation) Gaius Marius (Latin: C·MARIVS·C·F·C·N) (157 BC–January 13, 86 BC) was a Roman general and politician elected consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his dramatic reforms of Roman armies, authorizing recruitment of landless citizens and reorganizing the structure of the legions into separate cohorts.
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