Unidentified portrait, the so-called Marius
Unidentified portrait, the so-called Marius
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Published 2019-02-13T14:44:33+00:00
This is a bust of Gaius Marius (157 BC – January 13, 86 BC) who was a Roman general and statesman. He held the office of consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his important reforms of Roman armies, authorizing recruitment of landless citizens, eliminating the manipular military formations, and reorganizing the structure of the legions into separate cohorts. Marius defeated the invading Germanic tribes (the Teutones, Ambrones, and the Cimbri), for which he was called "the third founder of Rome."[1] His life and career were significant in Rome's transformation from Republic to Empire.
This an Augustan copy (23 BC - AD 14) of an original of the mid-2nd century BC.
| Date published | 13/02/2019 |
| Title | Unidentified portrait, the so-called Marius |
| Accession | 6180 |
| Period | 23 BC-AD 14 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Record | https://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/en/ |
| Place | Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli |
