A Centurion’s Tale
It is 1 January 107 BC. Caius Marius has just entered his first consulship and inherited the command of the conflict still raging in Numidia, a war that has thus far swallowed the reputations of three senatorial generals. He has his earlier experiences of Numidian campaigning serving as one of the legati of the distinguished general Quintus Caecilius Metellus, although obviously without the responsibilities of supreme command.