against the southern group of rebels and his colleague Rutilius Lupus would handle the Marsi and others close to Rome. This Rutilius was a relative of that Rutilius Rufus still in comfortable exile in Asia Minor and watching all the excitement from afar. Unsurprisingly the feuding but very competent Sulla and Marius were separated under the command of different consuls. Caesar didn’t get Marius, which is surprising as the pair were close family through Marius’ marriage to a Julian wife. However Rutilius Lupus was also a relative, and once he had got Marius in the north, Caesar perforce got
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