Marcus Marius (Praetor)

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Marcus Marius came from the plebeian gens Maria and was a child at the turn of the 2nd to the 1st century BC. Living politician of the Roman Republic .

Marcus Marius is believed to have been a brother of the influential Roman statesman and general Gaius Marius and the adoptive father of Marcus Marius Gratidianus . Around 102 BC BC he was supported, probably by his presumed brother Gaius Marius, who at that time held the consulate several times in a row , praetor and in this capacity administered one of the two Roman provinces on the Iberian Peninsula . He received support from some Celtiberians for his war against the Lusitans , whereupon he obtained permission from the Senate to settle these Celtiberians, who were allied with him, in a city founded for them near Colenda .

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Remarks

  1. ^ So Friedrich Münzer : Marius 22). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIV, 2, Stuttgart 1930, column 1818.
  2. ^ Appian , Iberica 100.
personal data
SURNAME Marius, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.