History of Julius Caesar . conflicts and contentions of military ri-vals, who had acquired powers too vast for allthe civil influences of the Republic to regulateor control. There had been two such rivals just beforethe time of Caesar, who had filled the world withtheir quarrels. They were Marius and very names have been, in all ages of theworld, since their day, the symbols of rivalryand hate. They were the representatives re-spectively of the two great parties into whichthe Roman state, like every other communityin which the population at large have any voicein governing, always
History of Julius Caesar . conflicts and contentions of military ri-vals, who had acquired powers too vast for allthe civil influences of the Republic to regulateor control. There had been two such rivals just beforethe time of Caesar, who had filled the world withtheir quarrels. They were Marius and very names have been, in all ages of theworld, since their day, the symbols of rivalryand hate. They were the representatives re-spectively of the two great parties into whichthe Roman state, like every other communityin which the population at large have any voicein governing, always has been, and probably al-ways will be divided, the upper and the lower;or, as they were called in those days, the patri-cian and the plebeian. Sylla was the patrician;the higher and more aristocratic portions of thecommunity were on his side. Marius was the R 18 Julius Cesar. [ 100. The patricians and plebeians. Civil contests. favorite of the plebeian masses. In the contests,however, which they waged with each other,. Roman Plebeians. they did not trust to the mere influence of relied much more upon the soldiers theycould gather under their respective standards,and upon their power of intimidating, by meansof them, the Roman assemblies. There was a 100.] Marius and Sylla. 19 Quarrel about the command of the army. Syllas violence. war to be waged with Mithridates, a very pow-erful Asiatic monarch, which promised great op-portunities for acquiring fame and was appointed to the command. Whilehe was absent, however, upon some campaignin Italy, Marius contrived to have the decisionreversed, and the command transferred to officers, called tribunes, were sent to Syl-las camp to inform him of the change. Syllakilled the officers for daring to bring him sucha message, and began immediately to march to-ward Rome. In retaliation for the murder ofthe tribunes, the party of Marius in the citykilled some of Syllas prominent friends there,and a gene
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