This man's armies won the battles of Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae, ending the invasions of the Cimbri and Teutones.
Thomas Francis Carney wrote a 1961 biography of this man, who introduced a law narrowing the passageways that voters walked through to cast ballots that earned him the enmity of his patrons, the Metelli. This man's armies won the battles of Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae, ending the invasions of the Cimbri and Teutones. As a teenager, this man supposedly saw seven eaglets in a nest, which was taken as an omen predicting his seven elections to the (*)  consulship. He introduced a series of policies, including land grants as a reward for twenty years of service, replacing maniples with cohorts, and enrolling the  capite censi  in the legions, as part of his efforts to reform the Roman military. For 10 points, name this  novus homo  who fought several civil wars against his rival Sulla.
Thomas Francis Carney wrote a 1961 biography of this man, who introduced a law narrowing the passageways that voters walked through to cast ballots that earned him the enmity of his patrons, the Metelli.
Gaius  Marius 