Rome was now in a tight spot, because these veteran soldiers had been recruited, trained, commanded and paid by Marius, they may have been more loyal to their patron Marius than to Rome.

罗马现在处于紧要关头，因为这些老兵由马吕斯招募，训练，下达命令，发薪水相比对罗马而言，他们对保护人马吕斯更加忠诚。

He was also a member of the Society of Cincinnati, an organisation dedicated to the welfare of veteran soldiers which critics argued was the breeding ground for a hereditary military aristocracy.

他还是辛辛那提协会的成员，该协会致力于为退伍军人提供福利， 批评者认为该组织是世袭军事贵族的滋生地。

" Habit a second nature! Habit is ten times nature, " the Duke of Wellington is said to have exclaimed; and the degree to which this is true no one can probably appreciate as well as one who is a veteran soldier himself.

“习惯是第二天性！习惯是自然的十倍， ” 据说惠灵顿公爵惊呼道； 没有人能像自己身为退伍军人的人一样理解这一点的真实程度。