A reaction then set in, and Saturninus and Glaucia were declared public enemies.

They took refuge in the Senate-House, the roof of which was torn off, and the wretches were stoned to death.
The fall of Saturninus and Glaucia was followed in 99 by the recall of Metellus from banishment.

He died shortly afterwards, and it was suspected that he was a victim of treachery.
Marius having now become generally unpopular on account of his vacillating course in the recent troubles, went into voluntary exile, travelling through Asia Minor, and visiting the court of Mithradates, King of Pontus.
For the next eight years (99-91) Rome enjoyed a season of comparative quiet..