![]() Sulla is from one of the oldest and most noble families in Rome, though without any money. He takes as his assistant a young man named Sulla. After receiving this news he returns to Rome and is elected consul. While in Africa fighting under his rival Metellus, Marius meets with a prophetess who informs him that he will be consul seven times and become the First Man in Rome. With his alliance to the Caesars, Marius gains the political nobility that he needs to attempt to become consul. ![]() The novel begins with Marius, lacking political distinction and seemingly at the end of his career, forming an alliance with the Caesar family in marriage to their older daughter Julia. ![]() The book takes place over eleven years and shows Marius's journey to become the First Man in Rome with epic scope and historical accuracy. The First Man in Rome is the story of Marius's rise to power in the Roman republic and the story of his friendship with Sulla. ![]()
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