Who was the best Roman general?

[A_Dane]

Indeed it was, you just didn't march on Rome with a roman army, especially not if your imperium was already challenged :)

I'm not saying I think he did wrong, just that from his fellow (atleast upper class) citizens, it was an extremely un-roman thing to do. Gaius Marius never expected it, because a "proper roman" would never do it ;)

[moonburn]

the same gaius marius who unleashed thousands of gladiators and allow them to murder and pillage all of his roman opponents and several other people who wheren´t into politics ?

[A_Dane]

Never said Marius was a "proper" roman, now did i? ;)

And if i remember correctly, he did this after Sulla marched on Rome :)

I'm merely saying, that from the romans of the tiems point of view, marching on Rome with an army, was not very roman :)

[CashMunny]

Indeed it was, you just didn't march on Rome with a roman army, especially not if your imperium was already challenged :)

I'm not saying I think he did wrong, just that from his fellow (atleast upper class) citizens, it was an extremely un-roman thing to do. Gaius Marius never expected it, because a "proper roman" would never do it ;)

It might have been 'un-roman', but so were all of those other things. Romans were supposed to be austere, incorruptible, and to uphold the integrity of their institutions. Sulla wasn't marching a Roman army against Rome, he was marching a Roman army to save Rome.