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Marius (name) Marius is a male name, a Roman Empire, Roman nomen gentilicium, family name, and a modern surname. The name Marius was used by members of the Roman ''gens'' Maria gens, Maria. It is thought to be derived from either the Roman war god Mars (mythol ...

, a male given name, a Roman clan name and family name, and a modern name or surname *

Gaius Marius Gaius Marius (; – 13 January 86 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Victor of the Cimbrian War, Cimbric and Jugurthine War, Jugurthine wars, he held the office of Roman consul, consul an unprecedented seven times. Rising from a fami ...

(–86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul. *

Marcus Aurelius Marius Marcus Aurelius Marius was emperor of the Gallic Empire in 269 following the assassination of Postumus. Reign According to later tradition, particularly sources like the ''Historia Augusta'', his trade as a blacksmith led to him being nicknam ...

, emperor of the Gallic Empire, 269

Arts and entertainment

* ''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol * "Marius" (short story), a 1957 story by Poul Anderson * ''Marius'' (1931 film), a French adaptation of Pagnol's play, directed by Alexander Korda * ''Marius'' (2013 film), a French adaptation of Pagnol's play, directed by Daniel Auteuil

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Marius (Laconia) Marius or Marios () 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 Artemis In ...

, a town of ancient Laconia, Greece * Măriuș, a village in

Valea Vinului Valea Vinului (, Hungarian pronunciation: ) is a commune of 2,334 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It ...

, Satu Mare County, Romania *

Marius (crater) Marius is a Lunar craters, 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 ...

, on the Moon *

Marius Hills The Marius Hills are a set of Lava, volcanic Dome (geology), domes located in Oceanus Procellarum on Earth's Moon. The domes are thought to have formed from lavas more Viscosity, viscous than those that formed lunar mares. These domes average ap ...

, on the Moon

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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'Éc ...

, Alain Alivon (born 1965), French Navy officer *

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 authorit ...

, a giraffe euthanized at the Copenhagen Zoo in 2014 *

Marius Pontmercy Marius Pontmercy () is a fictional character, one of the protagonists of Victor Hugo’s 1862 novel ''Les Misérables''. He is a young student, and the suitor of Cosette. Believing Cosette lost to him, and determined to die, he joins the revoluti ...

, Fictional character from ''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...

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