Iug. 84.1At Marius, ut suprā dīximus, cupientissumā plēbe cōnsul factus, postquam eī prōvinciam Numidiam populus iussit, anteā iam īnfestus nōbilitātī, tum vērō multus atque ferōx īnstāre;But Marius, having been made consul, as I said above, by the most eager wish of the commons, after the people had assigned him the province of Numidia, hostile to the nobility already before, now indeed pressed them hard, constantly and fiercely; Iug. 84.1singulōs modo, modo ūnivorsōs laedere;he attacked them now singly, now all together; Iug. 84.1dictitāre sēsē cōnsulātum ex victīs illīs spolia cēpisse, alia praetereā magnifica prō sē et illīs dolentia.he kept saying that he had taken the consulship from them as spoils from the conquered, and other things besides, boastful for himself and wounding to them. Iug. 84.2Interim quae bellō opus erant, prīma habēre: postulāre legiōnibus supplēmentum, auxilia ā populīs et rēgibus arcessere, praetereā ex Latiō sociīsque fortissumum quemque, plērōsque mīlitiae, paucōs fāmā cognitōs, accīre et ambiundō cōgere hominēs ēmeritīs stīpendiīs sēcum proficīscī.Meanwhile he gave first place to what was needed for the war: he asked for reinforcements for the legions, summoned auxiliaries from peoples and kings, and besides called up the bravest men from Latium and the allies, most of them known to him through service, a few by reputation, and by canvassing induced men whose service was complete to set out with him.
Iug. 84.3Neque illī senātus, quamquam advorsus erat, dē ūllō negōtiō abnuere audēbat.Nor did the senate, although it was hostile to him, dare to refuse him anything. Iug. 84.3Cēterum supplēmentum etiam laetus dēcrēverat, quia neque plēbī mīlitia volentī putābātur et Marius aut bellī ūsum aut studia volgī āmissūrus.Indeed it had even decreed the reinforcements gladly, because it was thought that military service was not to the liking of the commons and that Marius would lose either the resources for war or the devotion of the mob. Iug. 84.3Sed ea rēs frūstrā spērāta: tanta lubīdō cum Mariō eundī plērōsque invāserat.But that hope proved vain: so great a desire to go with Marius had seized most men. Iug. 84.4Sēsē quisque praedā locuplētem fore, victōrem domum reditūrum, alia huiusce modī animīs trahēbant, et eōs nōn paulum ōrātiōne suā Marius adrēxerat.Each pictured to himself that he would grow rich with plunder and return home a victor, and other things of this kind, and Marius had roused them not a little with his speech. Iug. 84.5Nam postquam omnibus, quae postulāverat, dēcrētīs mīlitēs scrībere volt, hortandī causā simul et nōbilitātem, utī cōnsuēverat, exagitandī contiōnem populī advocāvit.For when all that he had demanded had been decreed and he wished to enlist soldiers, he called an assembly of the people, both to encourage them and, as was his habit, to attack the nobility.
Iug. 84.5Deinde hōc modō disseruit:Then he spoke in this way: