Gaius Marius (157–86 BC)
Gaius Marius (157–86 BC): seven-time consul, husband of Caesar’s aunt, idol of the people.
To remain the first man of Rome and to destroy Sulla. Marius reformed the army by opening it to landless citizens and defeated the Teutones and Cimbri. His wife was Julia, Caesar’s aunt. The civil war with Sulla continued after his death in 86 BC, a few days after he took up his seventh consulship.
