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The Zenith of the Principate: Trajan’s Wars and Works

Trajan, reigning from 98 to 117 CE,...

Caius Marius: The Reformer Who Revolutionized the Roman Army

Caius Marius transformed Rome’s legions in 107 BCE: recruiting the poor, standardizing arms, creating cohorts and the eagle standard—paving the path to empire and civil war.