Caius Marius Amid the Ruins of Carthage is an 1807 history painting by the American artist John Vanderlyn. It features a scene from Roman history, with the general Gaius Marius shown against the backdrop of Carthage in North Africa which remained in ruins from the earlier Siege of Carthage during the Third Punic War. Marius and his followers were in dispute with Sulla but on their arrival in Africa they were refused admission by the governor Publius Sextilius. Marius would later return to Rome to launch an armed takeover. Vanderlyn shows a brooding Marius seething with revenge.