pugnatum est:
An impersonal verb, translate as "it was fought," and use a Romanis as well as
C. Mario as an indicator of who was doing the fighting.
indicator of who was doin
Impers
Cn. Pompeio:
Gnaeus Pompeius is the Pompey, who
later played a large role alongside
Julius Caesar and his First Triumvirate. At the beginning of this war,
Pompey began to gain fame as a military general. Like Marius, this military fame
later earned him great popularity with the people of Rome.
cum magnis copiis fudit:
Not to be translated as "poured out" but rather as "routs" or "puts to rout."
Also remember that copia in the plural means "troops."
ut ... amitteret:
This ut result clause is signalled by maxime.
Translate as "it was fought so greatly by Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who ..., that he lost....
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