He gave himself the nickname Felix to celebrate his victory against Mithridates.
This figure befriended King Bocchus and convinced him to hand over Jugurtha. During his fights against the socii (SO-kee-ee), he abandoned his siege of Nola after a venture there earned him the Grass Crown. His Leges Corneliae abolished the censorship and increased the number of quaestors and praetors to eight and twenty respectively. He gave himself the nickname Felix to celebrate his victory against Mithridates. He was the first general to march his troops past the Pomerium, and he later slaughtered thousands of enemies whose names he placed on "proscription lists". For 10 points, name this noted rival of Gaius Marius, dictator of the Roman Republic from 82 to 79 BCE.
This figure befriended King Bocchus and convinced him to hand over Jugurtha.
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