Abstract
The purpose of this essay is to assess the function and content of three occurrences of Nemesis intervening in rebus – always to the detriment of Gaius Marius’ unrestrained ambition – in Plutarch’s biography of this statesman. The motif of Marius’ ‘supernatural’ chastisement is examined from a historical and ultimately meta-historical perspective. Great attention is therefore devoted to Sulla’s Memoirs as a conscious and elaborate recollection of events, a piece of original history, and an explicit source, without losing sight of Plutarch’s own autonomy of thought when it comes to ethics in history.
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