According to Appian, the law provided for the distribution of land which had been seized by the invading Cimbri in Cisalpine Gaul and who had been defeated by Gaius Marius at the Battle of Vercellae in 101 BC. This was to be allocated to poor citizens, especially Marius' veterans. According to Pseudo-Aurelius Victor, Saturninus sent colonists to the Roman provinces Sicily, Achaea and Macedonia. Velleius Paterculus stated that the colony of Epodeia was founded in north-western Italy by Marius during his sixth consulship (100 BC). Lucius Annaeus Seneca and Pliny the Elder wrote that Marius founded a colony in Corsica. Pliny added that its name was Mariana.The two writers did not specify when this occurred, but it is likely that this was also a result of the law.