cum C. Mario lege Sulpicia provincia Asia, ut adversus Mithridatem bellum gereret, privato decreta esset, missum ab eo Gratidium legatum ad L. Sullam consulem accipiendarum legionum causa milites trucidarunt, procul dubio indignati quod a summo imperio ad eum qui nullo in honore versaretur transire cogerentur
When Asia was decreed as his province to C. Marius, then a private citizen, by the Sulpician law in order for him to make war against Mithridates, he sent his Legate Gratidius to Consul L. Sulla to take over the legions. The soldiers killed him. No doubt they were indignant at being forced to transfer from the highest command to one who held no office;
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