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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McCabe, post: 4400764, member: 90666&quot;]Marius</p><p><br /></p><p>His rep sullied by Sulla and by erratic decision making after a stroke in old age, but otherwise Marius was the key Roman ruler who rescued Rome from the barbarians just as it was on the cusp of becoming a great empire</p><p><br /></p><p>All earlier rulers were inconsequential because we&#039;d never have heard of Rome in modern times if for example Hannibal or any earlier invader won, and in later times the golden age Roman emperors had little problems holding the border, and the later ones from 200 AD onwards,&nbsp; well Rome was already past its best so who cares. </p><p><br /></p><p>Honorable mentions to Constantine and Justinian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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