Episode 29. Marius, Part Two: The Savior of Rome

SOURCE NOTES:Plutarch, Life of Marius, chapters 10-30 -- The primary narrative; the Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae accounts, the Saturninus episode.Appian, Civil Wars Book 1, chapters 28-33 -- The Saturninus episode in fuller political detail.Gareth Sampson, The Crisis of Rome: The Jugurthine and Northern Wars and the Rise of Marius (2010) -- The most thorough modern reconstruction of the Cimbrian War.Erich Badian, Roman Imperialism in the Late Republic (1968) -- Essential background on the political context of Marius's later consulships.Arthur Keaveney, Sulla: The Last Republican (1982, revised 2005) -- The dispute over Vercellae credit and its contribution to the Marius-Sulla rivalry.