biography
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Sulla, Lucius Cornelius
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nickname Felix (‘Lucky’)
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| lived:
| (138–78 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman politician of the late Republic, whose bitter feud with Marius, begun in Africa in 107 BC during the Jugurthine War, twice plunged Rome into civil war in the 80s BC. In 88 BC he chose to lead his army against the state rather than surrender to Marius his command of the war against Mithridates, and on returning to Rome (83 BC) used his forces to defeat the Marians and secure his own (illegal) position. Appointed ‘Dictator’ in 82 BC, he set about reforming the state, and enacted a number of measures to boost the authority of the Senate. These did not long survive his sudden retirement in 79 BC, but his reform of criminal jurisdiction lasted into the empire. |
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