Gaius Marius - the one and only corrupt leader -
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:52 amRead what's underneath here....
"Gaius Marius, …a man of rustic birth, rough and uncouth, and austere in his life, as excellent a general as he was an evil influence in time of peace, a man of unbounded ambition, insatiable, without self-control, and always an element of unrest. "
Velleius Paterculus History of Rome, II, xi.
There's more about this individual underneath if you want the full story on him. I'm betting that Lun based his character on this historic figure.
Seeing as he influenced Julius Caesar, we might see Rhue as Julius, being led by the devious Gaius. Seeing as I stated a long time ago that the 'campfire story' stated that Rhue was some chosen one, rhue might become an important leader figure...?
Meh... just another theory likely to be drilled deeply into the lower way...
Impossible be my guest !
GAIUS MARIUS, 157-86 BC
The life of Julius Caesar was deeply influenced by one of Rome's most famous generals and politicians - and Caesar's uncle by marriage - Gaius Marius. When Caesar was an impressionable child, the remarkable Marius had been Consul of Rome six times; he was the most famous and brilliantly successful of the Republic's generals; he was called the "third Founder of Rome" after saving Italy from the combined allied armies of the Cimbri and Teutones in 102-101 BC. The impact of Marius upon the young Caesar will always be debated but his impact upon the history of Rome is far clearer. Without Marius' ambition, his military successes, his far-reaching reforms to the Army, and finally his willingness to embrace any kind of factional turmoil to achieve his political ends, it is unlikely that Caesar's subsequent career would have existed.
Over the centuries, Marius' glorious contributions to Roman arms were less remembered than the decline and violence which attended his last years; thus a workday historian like Velleius Paterculus could write, over a century later.
"Gaius Marius, …a man of rustic birth, rough and uncouth, and austere in his life, as excellent a general as he was an evil influence in time of peace, a man of unbounded ambition, insatiable, without self-control, and always an element of unrest. "
Velleius Paterculus History of Rome, II, xi.
There's more about this individual underneath if you want the full story on him. I'm betting that Lun based his character on this historic figure.
Seeing as he influenced Julius Caesar, we might see Rhue as Julius, being led by the devious Gaius. Seeing as I stated a long time ago that the 'campfire story' stated that Rhue was some chosen one, rhue might become an important leader figure...?
Meh... just another theory likely to be drilled deeply into the lower way...
Impossible be my guest !
GAIUS MARIUS, 157-86 BC
The life of Julius Caesar was deeply influenced by one of Rome's most famous generals and politicians - and Caesar's uncle by marriage - Gaius Marius. When Caesar was an impressionable child, the remarkable Marius had been Consul of Rome six times; he was the most famous and brilliantly successful of the Republic's generals; he was called the "third Founder of Rome" after saving Italy from the combined allied armies of the Cimbri and Teutones in 102-101 BC. The impact of Marius upon the young Caesar will always be debated but his impact upon the history of Rome is far clearer. Without Marius' ambition, his military successes, his far-reaching reforms to the Army, and finally his willingness to embrace any kind of factional turmoil to achieve his political ends, it is unlikely that Caesar's subsequent career would have existed.
Over the centuries, Marius' glorious contributions to Roman arms were less remembered than the decline and violence which attended his last years; thus a workday historian like Velleius Paterculus could write, over a century later.
