CLA-2123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Novus Homo, Numidia, Socii
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Populares (cater to the people) vs. optimates (go through the senate) No political family history: 111 bce: plebeian tribune, 107 bce: consul. Army where he gets his power: jugurthine wat, gallic invasions, reforms to roman army. Standardized equipment: provided by state, not the soldier. Increasing professionalization: tactics, end of maniples (all fight together, marius"s mules . Generals: 100 bce: saturninus (plebeian tribune) riots. Numidia: kills roman allies, fight rome (marius, marius ends fighting but does not capture jugurtha, marius"s quaestor captures jugurtha. Sulla the quaestor: jugurtha gives himself up to sulla. Rome brings back marius (reelected 104 bce-100 bce: defeats gauls. Marcus livius drusus, tribune of the plebs: son of marcus livius drusus (tribune of the plebs, 91 bce: bill for italian citizenship presented, assassinated. Social war: italians wage war on romans, build own army and own capital, romans propose: Those who are not fighting or stop fighting. Some italians keep fighting: 88 bce: romans win.
