Fighting broke out between the conservative supporters of Sulla, led by Gnaeus Octavius (consul of 87), and the popularis supporters of Cinna.
This departure allowed Gaius Marius and his son Gaius Marius the younger to return to Rome with an army and, with Lucius Cornelius Cinna, to wrest control of Rome back from Sulla's supporter Gnaeus Octavius during Sulla's absence.
Gnaeus Pompeius | Gnaeus Servilius Caepio | Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo | Gnaeus Octavius | Gnaeus Naevius | Gnaeus Julius Agricola | Francis Octavius Bedford | Thomas Octavius Prichard | Octavius Temple | Marcus Octavius | Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus | Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispanus | Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina | Gnaeus Cornelius Cinna Magnus | Gnaeus Arrius Antoninus | Francis Octavius Grenfell | David Octavius Hill |