How did the election of Marius as consul reflect a chanfe in Rome?

Answer 1

The six elections to the consulship of Gaius Marius did not reflect a change in Rome's government.

After having been elected as consul for the year 107 BC in 108 BC, Marius was elected consuls five consecutive times (105-100 BC) and was consul for the years 104-100 BC. This was highly unusual and addition to this, technically, unconstitutional. A law passed in 152 BC forbade re-election to the consulship for 10 years. Another very unusual fact was that in 105 BC he was elected in absentia, while he was fighting a war in Africa. This was because there was a military emergency (the Cimbrian War (112-101 BC)

Roman territories were being invaded by two migrating Germanic peoples, the Teutones and the Cimbri. They appeared in Austria and then moved around Gaul and northern Hispania. The defeated the Romans five times. At the Battle of Noreia (Austria) in 112 BC a Roman army was routed. The Romans were also defeated in an unknown location in 109 BC, at the Battle of Burdigala (near Bordeaux) in 107 BC, and a second time in 107 BC. A Roman army was destroyed at the battle Arausio (Provence) where it was said it lost 80,000 Roman soldiers and 40,000 allied ones.

These unusual elections of Marius paralleled the practice followed much earlier, in the Early Republic, of appointing a dictator at times of emergencies, which usually were military ones. This was an extraordinary office of state with a term of six months. The dictator would assume sole command of the army (normally the army was headed by the two consuls) and had virtually unlimited power. The Romans probably decided to elect Marius for two reasons. One is that the appointment of a dictator had fallen out of use, primarily because with Rome's territorial expansion, having such a powerful man far from Rome was considered dangerous. The other one might have been that the Cimbrian War was a prolonged problem which could not be solved with a series of six-month appointments.

Marius routed the Teutones the Battle of Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) in 102 BC. His colleague was defeated on the Alps by the Cimbri who entered northern Italy. Marius routed them at the Battle of Vercellae (in Piedmont) in 101 BC.

After this emergency, the practice of electing different men each year as consuls resumed.

Answer 2

The six elections to the consulship of Gaius Marius did not reflect a change in Rome's government.

After having been elected as consul for the year 107 BC in 108 BC, Marius was elected consuls five consecutive times (105-100 BC) and was consul for the years 104-100 BC. This was highly unusual and addition to this, technically, unconstitutional. A law passed in 152 BC forbade re-election to the consulship for 10 years. Another very unusual fact was that in 105 BC he was elected in absentia, while he was fighting a war in Africa. This was because there was a military emergency (the Cimbrian War (112-101 BC)

Roman territories were being invaded by two migrating Germanic peoples, the Teutones and the Cimbri. They appeared in Austria and then moved around Gaul and northern Hispania. The defeated the Romans five times. At the Battle of Noreia (Austria) in 112 BC a Roman army was routed. The Romans were also defeated in an unknown location in 109 BC, at the Battle of Burdigala (near Bordeaux) in 107 BC, and a second time in 107 BC. A Roman army was destroyed at the battle Arausio (Provence) where it was said it lost 80,000 Roman soldiers and 40,000 allied ones.

These unusual elections of Marius paralleled the practice followed much earlier, in the Early Republic, of appointing a dictator at times of emergencies, which usually were military ones. This was an extraordinary office of state with a term of six months. The dictator would assume sole command of the army (normally the army was headed by the two consuls) and had virtually unlimited power. The Romans probably decided to elect Marius for two reasons. One is that the appointment of a dictator had fallen out of use, primarily because with Rome's territorial expansion, having such a powerful man far from Rome was considered dangerous. The other one might have been that the Cimbrian War was a prolonged problem which could not be solved with a series of six-month appointments.

Marius routed the Teutones the Battle of Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) in 102 BC. His colleague was defeated on the Alps by the Cimbri who entered northern Italy. Marius routed them at the Battle of Vercellae (in Piedmont) in 101 BC.

After this emergency, the practice of electing different men each year as consuls resumed.

Answer 3

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