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Originally Posted by Dowly
Yes, Sulla is Sulla. But what does he have got to do with so-called "Marian reforms" of the military?  |
Eh - you are right. I fell victim to my memory. Sulla was initially quaestor under Marius, later he met Marius again when Sulla marched into Rome and demanded to be given a troop command that Marius had intervened for giving it to somebody else, Sulla claimed power and removed his political opponents and Marius had to flee.
Due to this crossing of both men's lives and the temporal closeness, I mixed them up. Can happen easily with Roman history, which in the main consists of nothing but names, more names, and then even more.
And I am not even certain that I do not mix it up again alrady - mistaking Marius with his son marius the younger.
Anyhow, you know damn well which military reform I was referring to - at that time and era, there was just this one, and the names Sulla and Marius practically mark the same spot on the timesline.