AR226 Lecture 9: AR 226 Lecture 9
11 Feb 2016
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1 st century bc: turbulent times with ambitious generals. Gaius marius (157 86 bc: 107 bc: elected as consul to fight a war in numidia against jugartha. Disrupted the supply of granite to rome so war began between rome and. Cimbri and teutoni: warlike tribes had migrated into central and western. Had wiped out romans in arausio in transalpine gaul: more military reforms. Reorganized each legion into 10 units of 5-6 hundred heavily armed infantry called cohorts. Each cohort had 6 centuries of 80-100 men, a century was commanded by a centurion. The army was more mobile: annihilated the germanic tribes in separate battles in southern france and, 100bc: to overcome the opposition of senators marius relied upon populare. Proposed that the veterans from fighting germanic tribes were to be given land in transalpine gaul. New permanent court to deal with crime of maiestas, making it a criminal offence to injure, comprise, or diminish the honour or dignity of the.
