CLST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Quintus Sertorius, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Arpino
11 Mar 2016
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From 100 - 91 bc nothing really happened. With marius out of the picture, the optimates of the senate had complete control over the political agenda. M. livius druses ii - tribune in 91 bc. From 90 to 88 bc, the social war, the war against the socii. Also called the marsic war, or the war against the marsi, an italic tribe. Julius caesar, 90 bc - passed citizenship to all south of the arno river. Pompelius strabo, 89 bc - citizenship to all south of the padus in cisalpine gaul. L. cornelius sulla, 88 bc - marius was recalled to help the war effort. King mithridates vi of pontus, 88-85 bc. Invasion of the province of asia and the slaughter of thousands of romans. Although sulla had been assigned the command against mithridates, a tribune transferred it to marius. Sulla escapes the mob with the help of marius. Flight of marius to africa, to the ruins of carthage.
