Sulla facts for kids

Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
	Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Dictator of the Roman Republic
	In office; 82 or 81 BC – 81 BC
Preceded by	Gaius Servilius Geminus in 202 BC
Succeeded by	Gaius Julius Caesar in 49 BC
Consul of the Roman Republic
	In office; 88 BC – 88 BC
Preceded by	Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo and Lucius Porcius Cato
Succeeded by	Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Gnaeus Octavius
	In office; 80 BC – 80 BC
Preceded by	Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella and Marcus Tullius Decula
Succeeded by	Appius Claudius Pulcher and Publius Servilius Vatia
Personal details
Born	c. 138 BC; Rome, Italia, Roman Republic
Died	78 BC (aged c. 60); Puteoli, Italia, Roman Republic
Nationality	Roman
Political party	Optimates
Spouse(s)	Julia (first wife); Aelia (second wife); Cloelia (third wife); Caecilia (fourth wife); Valeria (fifth wife);
Children	Lucius Cornelius Sulla; Cornelia; Faustus Cornelius Sulla; Cornelia Fausta; Cornelia Postuma;
Military service
Allegiance	Roman Republic
Branch/service	Roman Army
Years of service	112-78 BC
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Cimbrian War; Social War; Sulla's first civil war; First Mithridatic War; Siege of Athens and Piraeus; Battle of Chaeronea; Battle of Orchomenus; Sulla's second civil war;

Lucius Cornelius Sulla (c. 138 BC – 78 BC), usually called Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He was a praetor (a commander of an army) in 97 BC, and held the office of Consul twice. He was the only man in history to have attacked and kept both Athens and Rome.

Sulla unconstitutionally marched his armies into Rome and defeated his enemy Gaius Marius in battle. After his second march on Rome, he revived the office of dictator. Sulla was made Dictator in 81 or 82 BC. He had the Senate draw up a list of those he considered enemies of the state and published the list in the Roman Forum. Plutarch states in his Life of Sulla (XXXI): "Sulla now began to make blood flow, and he filled the city with deaths without number or limit".

This was remembered when Caesar became Dictator.

Images for kids

AR Denarius (3.80 g, 5h). Rome mint. Front: Diana wearing cruciform earring and double necklace of pearls and pendants, and jewels in hair pulled into a knot; crescent above, lituus behind. Reverse: Sulla seated on a raised seat with a bound Jugurtha kneeling beside him; before him kneels Bocchus, offering an olive-branch. The coin portrays Sulla's first great victory, in which he ended the Jugurthine War.
Asia Minor just before the First Mithridatic War
Lucius Cornelius Sulla - a denarius portrait issued by his grandson.
Portrait of Sulla on a denarius minted in 54 BC by his grandson Quintus Pompeius Rufus.