Marius may refer to:
People
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Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius (; – 13 January 86 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Victor of the Cimbric and Jugurthine wars, he held the office of consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his important refor ...
(157 BC-86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul.
Arts and entertainment
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''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol
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"Marius" (short story), a 1957 story by Poul Anderson
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''Marius'' (1931 film), a French adaptation of Pagnol's play, directed by Alexander Korda
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''Marius'' (2013 film), a French adaptation of Pagnol's play, directed by Daniel Auteuil
Places
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Marius (Laconia) Marius or Marios ( grc, Μαρίος) was a town of ancient Laconia, belonging in the time of Pausanias (2nd century) to the Eleuthero-Lacones; it was situated 100 stadia east of Geronthrae. It contained a sanctuary of all the gods and, one of Artem ...
, a town of ancient Laconia, Greece
* Măriuș, a village in
Valea Vinului
Valea Vinului ( hu, Szamosborhíd, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune of 2,334 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Măriuș (''Mogyorós''), Roșiori (''Szamosveresmart''), Sâi (''Szinfalu'') a ...
, Satu Mare County, Romania
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Marius (crater)
Marius is a lunar impact crater located on the Oceanus Procellarum. The surface to the west and north of this crater contains a large number of lunar domes spread across an area over a hundred kilometers in diameter that may be of volcanic origin ...
, on the Moon
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Marius Hills
The Marius Hills are a set of volcanic domes located in Oceanus Procellarum on Earth's Moon. The domes are thought to have formed from lavas fairly more viscous than those that formed lunar mares. These domes average approximately in height. Th ...
, on the Moon
Other uses
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Marius (name)
Marius is a male given name, a Roman family name, and a modern surname.
The name Marius was used by members of the Roman ''gens'' Maria. It is thought to be derived from either the Roman war god Mars or from the Latin root ''mas'' or ''maris'' m ...
, a male given name, a Roman clan name and family name, and a modern name or surname
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Marius (commando)
Alain Alivon, known under the pseudonym Marius (born 23 July 1965 in Marseille), is a French military and drill instructor member of the Commandos Marine unit and the French Navy. He is mostly known for featuring in the 2005 documentary ''L'École ...
, Alain Alivon (born 1965), French Navy officer
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Marius (giraffe)
Marius (6 February 2012 – 9 February 2014) was a male giraffe living at Copenhagen Zoo. Though healthy, he was genetically unsuitable for future captive breeding, as his genes were over-represented in the captive population, so the zoo authori ...
, a giraffe euthanized at the Copenhagen Zoo in 2014
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Mario (disambiguation)
Mario is a fictional character created by Nintendo.
Mario may also refer to:
* Mario (given name), a given name (and a list of people with the name)
Film and television
* Mario (1984 film), ''Mario'' (1984 film), a Canadian drama film
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Maria (disambiguation)
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
*Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
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Mary (disambiguation)
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
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