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=**[[image:Marius_Carthage[1].jpg width="162" height="188" align="right" caption="Gaius Marius Lucius got in a fight with Marius to defeat Mithradates VI. They both wanted to command againt his army. Lucius got in office while all of this was happening. Sulla then took Mithradates army back to Asia in 85 BC.

How long did Lucius stay in office as a consul? Lucius has a rare case which he stood in office for two years. It was from 88 BC - 86 BC. He got into office by marching his soldiers into Rome. There was a lot of blood in Athens when this war was going on in 86 BC.

Who was his first wife? Lucius married about four women. The first one of those women was Julia Cornelia. They both one child. Sadly, she died at the birth of her son. Though Lucius had lots of wives, he was bisexual. Lucius had one boyfriend and his name was Metrobius (actor, long term lover). Did Lucius ever get in an arguement that led to someting big? The answer is yes. Everything was going fine until there was a problem with Marius and himself. This small conflict led to a big event. The civil war of Rome. Lucius defeated Marius and named himself dictator. What caused Lucius to his death? The death of Sulla is really unspecified. Most people think that he died from a bursting of a blood vessel in 78 AD. This tragedy happened because he was to excited of Granius being strangeled. Granius was strangeled because he owed money to the Romans, and Lucius thought he would escape his debt.