HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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making the army weaker which didn’t allow Rome to expand its territory
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making the army more peaceful which resulted in less wars
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allowing poor to join which created more loyalty to generals than Rome
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winning the Punic Wars which expanded Rome’s territories.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 107 B.C., Roman General Gaius Marius permitted citizens who did not own any land and were excluded from service in the army to join as volunteers for his campaign against Jugurtha in North Africa. And the poor population volunteered in large numbers in order to escape destitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gaius Marius was one of the most important leaders of the Roman Republic. He was elected to consul a record seven times. He also made major changes to the Roman army which would change the future of Rome and make it the most powerful civilization in the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Marius proposed radical alterations with the intention of creating a more professional, permanent, and dynamic Roman army. The reforms revolutionized the Roman military machine, introducing the standardized legionary, the cohort unit and drastically altering the property and weaponry requirements for recruitment.
Detailed explanation-4: -Besides those cultural divides, in the new professional army a general had a far greater ability to reward his men than before. A formerly poor soldier under a successful general could gain plunder, sell enemy civilians as slaves, as well as possibly being rewarded with promotions.