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This is one of my new Wonders for my GLC Mod.
I post it here in case someone is interested...
Presentation
The career of C. Marius illustrates a number of the trends that would lead to the fall of the Republic. He was a novus homo (man without senatorial forebears) from the Italian countryside who came to prominence in Rome through military competence, and whom the oligarchy had a hard time assimilating into the "system." He was given unprecedented power at Rome to deal with a military emergency, which could only be solved through bending the accepted constitution. Finally, he instituted a military reform that ended the raising of troops only from those who owned land. In the long run this reform was to change entirely the relationship of the troops to the state.
What's in the bundle ?
- Splash
- Building Large and small
- Pedia Icons Large and Small
- Pedia Text
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Buildings Large
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Pedia
#BLDG_MariusReform
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^Produce a $LINK<Legionary=PRTO_Legionary> every 6 turns.
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^{Requires:} The city that builds it must have Iron.
^{Requires:} The city that builds it must be in Republic.
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^May trigger $LINK<Golden Age=GCON_Golden_Age> for Militaristic civilizations.
#DESC_BLDG_MariusReform
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^Marius needed more troops, and to effect this made a change in procedure used for recruiting troops in the ancient Rome,
probably unaware of the momentous implications of this change. All of the Gracchan agrarian reforms had been premised on the
traditional Roman levy, which excluded from service those whose property qualification fell below the minimum property qualification
for the fifth census class. The Gracchi had tried to restore the smallholders who would constitute the majority of those qualified
to serve. The end of the Gracchan land legislation did nothing to change the military crisis that gave rise to that
legislation. It seems that the minimum qualification for the fifth census class (the lowest one eligible for military
service) was lowered from 11,000 to 3000 sesterces of property, and already in 109 the consuls had had to seek suspension
of Gaius Gracchus' restrictions on the levy. In 107 Marius decided to ignore the census qualification altogether and to
recruit with no inquiry into the property of the potential soldier. From now on Rome's legions would largely consist of
poor citizens whose future after service could only be assured if their general could somehow bring about a land
distribution on their behalf. Thus the soldiers had a very strong personal interest in supporting their general against
the senate (i.e., the oligarchy) and the "public interest" that was often equated with the senate. Marius did not avail
himself of this potential source of support, but in less than two decades Marius' ex-quaestor Sulla would use it against
the senate and Marius.
Download
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/MariusReform.zip
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BTW, take a look at my mod, this wonder (and several other) I made are in
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I post it here in case someone is interested...
Presentation
The career of C. Marius illustrates a number of the trends that would lead to the fall of the Republic. He was a novus homo (man without senatorial forebears) from the Italian countryside who came to prominence in Rome through military competence, and whom the oligarchy had a hard time assimilating into the "system." He was given unprecedented power at Rome to deal with a military emergency, which could only be solved through bending the accepted constitution. Finally, he instituted a military reform that ended the raising of troops only from those who owned land. In the long run this reform was to change entirely the relationship of the troops to the state.
What's in the bundle ?
- Splash
- Building Large and small
- Pedia Icons Large and Small
- Pedia Text
Splash
Buildings Large
Icons
Pedia
#BLDG_MariusReform
^
^
^Produce a $LINK<Legionary=PRTO_Legionary> every 6 turns.
^
^{Requires:} The city that builds it must have Iron.
^{Requires:} The city that builds it must be in Republic.
^
^
^
^
^May trigger $LINK<Golden Age=GCON_Golden_Age> for Militaristic civilizations.
#DESC_BLDG_MariusReform
^
^
^Marius needed more troops, and to effect this made a change in procedure used for recruiting troops in the ancient Rome,
probably unaware of the momentous implications of this change. All of the Gracchan agrarian reforms had been premised on the
traditional Roman levy, which excluded from service those whose property qualification fell below the minimum property qualification
for the fifth census class. The Gracchi had tried to restore the smallholders who would constitute the majority of those qualified
to serve. The end of the Gracchan land legislation did nothing to change the military crisis that gave rise to that
legislation. It seems that the minimum qualification for the fifth census class (the lowest one eligible for military
service) was lowered from 11,000 to 3000 sesterces of property, and already in 109 the consuls had had to seek suspension
of Gaius Gracchus' restrictions on the levy. In 107 Marius decided to ignore the census qualification altogether and to
recruit with no inquiry into the property of the potential soldier. From now on Rome's legions would largely consist of
poor citizens whose future after service could only be assured if their general could somehow bring about a land
distribution on their behalf. Thus the soldiers had a very strong personal interest in supporting their general against
the senate (i.e., the oligarchy) and the "public interest" that was often equated with the senate. Marius did not avail
himself of this potential source of support, but in less than two decades Marius' ex-quaestor Sulla would use it against
the senate and Marius.
Download
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/MariusReform.zip
[Publicity]
BTW, take a look at my mod, this wonder (and several other) I made are in
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