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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Historical Figures from Italy
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Gaius Marius
-157–-86Classical WorldEurope
He saved Rome from invasion, won seven consulships — more than anyone before him — and in doing so proved that the republic's rules meant nothing when a general had a loyal army.
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Galileo Galilei
1564–1642Early Modern EraEurope
He pointed a telescope at the sky, saw things that couldn't be explained by the accepted model of the universe, and spent the rest of his life in trouble for saying so.
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