The Civil War


Marius battles Sulla, outside Praeneste
Fighting gets hard, Marius' troops desert
Marius takes refuge inside Praeneste
Sulla blocks the roads,obstructing reinforcements

Carbo tries his best to free young Marius
his troops are ambushed by Sulla's forces
In successive battles Carbo suffers losses
his men start defecting over to Sulla

Norbanus attacks Metellus before dusk
charging through a sprawling vinyard
The long vines trip up Norbanus men
Making them easy prey for Metellus force

Carbo's generals are invited to
a banquet by Albinovanus
At the banquet they are treacherously slain
by their host who then joins Sulla

Carbo continues to suffer setbacks
so he flees Italy for Africa
His army is led by ad hoc leaders
who meet defeat at Sulla's hands

Young Marius, realizing all is lost
takes his own life at Praeneste
He joins Gaius Marius in Hades
whose only heir now is Julius Caesar

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