The Consul Marius' Most Significant Innovation Was

question 24

Multiple Choice

The consul Marius' most significant innovation was

• A) to recruit the urban poor for army service and offer them land grants after discharge.
• B) introduction of the office of Dictator.
• C) the sale of provincial governorships to the highest bidder.
• D) encouraging a cult that worshipped him as a god.
• E) creating an army whose loyalty was to Rome and not the commander of the army.

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