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Marian ReformsThe Marian reforms were a group of reforms proposed by a Roman statesman named Gaius Marius. Before the Marian reforms, men who wanted to join the Roman army were unable to due to land ownership prerequisites, which in turn limited the size of the Roman army. But with the Marian reforms, anyone from any subjugated region, regardless of land ownership or income, was eligible to fight for the Roman army. Most professional soldiers served for 25 years, at the end of which they were given a pension, at first by their general and later by the emperor, in the form of land in the province in which they had served. These reforms would shape the future of the Roman army, and indeed, the future of Rome itself.
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