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"The Late Republic." //The Roman Empire//. Web. 15 Sept. 2010. .
 * 1) The Roman Constituition was not designed with the conquest prosperous oversea colonies in mind.
 * 2) High Ranking officials could now easily become wealthy through their office
 * 3) because of this, Aristocrats were willing to bribe their way to an office because they now knew that they could just make up for their loss via corruption.
 * 4) The Gracchus affair exaceberated this problem.
 * 5) Tiberius Grachhus bent or broke the Roman constituition to his will during his term as Tribune of the people.
 * 6) for the most part, Tiberius followed the Roman Constituition but not in the spirit of it.
 * 7) His actions set the precedent for the rest of the Republic.
 * 8) The next shaker on the scene was Gaius Marius. Marius was a veteran general of the Patrician class
 * 9) he was elected consul and sent to Numidia to fight in what was known as the Jurghinthine war after his predecessors could not secure a victory over the usurper Jugurtha
 * 10) Marius quickly reversed Rome's fortunes and returned a hero being reelected consul even though it was illegal
 * 11) Marius, being the professional soldier that he was, reformed the army.
 * 12) Marius turned the Roman Army into the professional legions that we typically think of today
 * 13) instead of drafting Farmers into the Legion, Marius recruited from the urban poor
 * 14) he gave his troops land as pensions a the end of their service.
 * 15) the new Legions had their first test at Aqua sextae, they proved more than adequate, defeating a huge German army.