Marius and Sulla, the two Romans who were destined soon to bathe Rome in blood, had not yet quarrelled, though they had been brought to hate each other--Marius by jealousy, and Sulla by rivalry.

In this war they both served under the Consuls, and Cicero served with Sulla.

We know nothing of his doings in that campaign.

There are no tidings even of a misfortune such as that which happened to Horace when he went out to fight, and came home from the battle-field "relicta non bene parmula." Rome trampled on the rebellious cities, and in the end admitted them to citizenship.

But probably the most important, certainly the most notorious, result of the Italian war, was the deep antagonism of Marius and Sulla.