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Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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![]() Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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Dictator of the Roman Republic | |
In office 82 or 81 BC – 81 BC |
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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 |
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Preceded by | Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo and Lucius Porcius Cato |
Succeeded by | Lucius Cornelius Cinna and Gnaeus Octavius |
In office 80 BC – 80 BC |
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Preceded by | Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella and Marcus Tullius Decula |
Succeeded by | Appius Claudius Pulcher and Publius Servilius Vatia |
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Born | c. 138 BC Rome, Italia, Roman Republic |
Died | 78 BC (aged c. 60) Puteoli, Italia, Roman Republic |
Nationality | Roman |
Political party | Optimates |
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Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Roman Army |
Years of service | 112-78 BC |
Rank | General |
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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
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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.
