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Σερτώριος Plutarch
4.4 And so when Marius was overwhelmed by Sulla and went into exile,In 88 B.C. and Sulla had set out to wage war against Mithridates,In 87 B.C. Cf. the Marius, xli. 1. and one of the consuls, Octavius, adhered to the party of Sulla, while the other, Cinna, who aimed at a revolution, tried to revive the drooping faction of Marius, Sertorius attached himself to Cinna, especially as he saw that Octavius was rather sluggish himself and distrustful of the friends of Marius.
4.5 A great battle was fought in the forum between the consuls, in which Octavius was victorious, and Cinna and Sertorius took to flight, after losing almost ten thousand men; and then, winning over to their side most of the troops still scattered about Italy, they soon made themselves able to cope with Octavius.In 87 B.C. Cf. the Marius, xli. 1.
5.1 And when Marius sailed home from LibyaCf. the Marius, xli. 2 ff. and was proposing to serve under Cinna as a private citizen under a consul, the rest thought that his offer should be accepted, but Sertorius declared against it, either because he thought that Cinna would pay less attention to him when a man of greater military experience was at hand, or because he was afraid of the harshness of Marius, and feared that he would throw everything into confusion by a passion which knew no limits, and exceed the bounds of justice in the hour of victory.

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