Tribuniciis superiores illi rogationibus, nulla auctoritate senatus sunt restituti: Marius vero non modo non a senatu, sed etiam oppresso senatu est restitutus, nec rerum gestarum memoria in reditu C. Marii, sed exercitus atque arma valuerunt.
It was by bills of the tribunes, and by no pronouncement of the senate, that the two first were recalled; while the restoration of Marius, so far from being due to the senate, was only rendered possible by the prostration of that body. Nor was it the memory of his achievements that prevailed to procure the return of Gaius Marius, but rather arms and an army;
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