Marius among the ruins of Carthage. Gaius Marius, c. 157 BC – 86 BC. Roman general, politician, and statesman, banished from Rome because of his unbridled passions and ambitions, he is seen sitting in exile amid the ruins of Carthage in North Africa, which had been destroyed by Romans. From Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, published 1883.

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