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Episode 28. Marius, Part One: The Outsider
SOURCE NOTES:
- Plutarch, Life of Marius -- The primary portrait; essential, psychologically rich, read with awareness of Plutarch's moralizing framing.
- Plutarch, Life of Sulla (chapters 1-6) -- The introduction of Sulla and the Africa chapters; the rivalry's origin.
- Sallust, Bellum Jugurthinum -- The military and political narrative of the African campaign.
- Adrian Goldsworthy, The Complete Roman Army (2003) -- Clear modern account of the army's structure and the reforms debate.
- Robin Seager, 'Marius' in the Cambridge Ancient History Vol. IX (1994) -- The best modern scholarly overview of his career.
- Arthur Keaveney, Sulla: The Last Republican (1982, revised 2005) -- The standard modern biography; essential background for the rivalry.
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By Hugo PrudentiusSOURCE NOTES:
- Plutarch, Life of Marius -- The primary portrait; essential, psychologically rich, read with awareness of Plutarch's moralizing framing.
- Plutarch, Life of Sulla (chapters 1-6) -- The introduction of Sulla and the Africa chapters; the rivalry's origin.
- Sallust, Bellum Jugurthinum -- The military and political narrative of the African campaign.
- Adrian Goldsworthy, The Complete Roman Army (2003) -- Clear modern account of the army's structure and the reforms debate.
- Robin Seager, 'Marius' in the Cambridge Ancient History Vol. IX (1994) -- The best modern scholarly overview of his career.
- Arthur Keaveney, Sulla: The Last Republican (1982, revised 2005) -- The standard modern biography; essential background for the rivalry.