title: Gaius Marius: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Saviour
author: Marc Hyden
description: <span style="">Hyden does a masterful job of tracing Mariuss rise to power through his successful military campaigns Summing Up: Recommended. Most levels/libraries.</span> (<i>Choice</i>)
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  01 – First Man in Rome
  
  02 – The Grass Crown
  
  03 – Fortune’s Favourites
  
  04 – Caesar’s Women
  
  05 – Caesar
  
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  Rome, 110BC
  
  The world cowers before its legions, but Rome is about to be engulfed by a
  vicious power struggle that will threaten its very existence. At its heart are
  two exceptional men: Gaius Marius, prosperous but lowborn, a proud and
  disciplined soldier emboldened by his shrewdness and self-made wealth; and
  Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a handsome young aristocrat corrupted by poverty and
  vice.
  
  Both are men of extraordinary vision, extreme cunning and ruthless ambition,
  but both are outsiders, cursed by the insurmountable opposition of powerful
  and vindictive foes.
  
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