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Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (/ ˈ s ʌ l ə /, Latin pronunciation: [ˈɫ̪uːkius̠ korˈneːlʲius̠ ˈs̠uɫːa ˈfeːlʲiːks̠]; 138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. [8] He won the first major civil war in Roman history and became the first man of the Republic to seize power through force.
Sulla's civil war. Sulla's civil war was fought between the Roman general Lucius Cornelius Sulla and his opponents, the Cinna-Marius faction (usually called the Marians or the Cinnans after their former leaders Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna), in the years 83–82 BC. The war ended with a decisive battle just outside Rome itself.
The constitutional reforms of Sulla were a series of laws enacted by the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla between 82 and 80 BC, reforming the constitution of the Roman Republic in a revolutionary way. In the decades before Sulla had become dictator, Roman politics became increasingly violent. [1] Shortly before Sulla's first consulship ...
The March on Rome of 88 BC was a coup d'état by the consul of the Roman Republic Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who seized power against his enemies Marius and Sulpicius, after they had ousted him from Rome. It was the first time in Roman history that a general ordered his army to march against the Republic. In 88 BC, Sulla was elected consul and ...
Sulla's proscription. The proscription of Sulla was a reprisal campaign by the Roman proconsul and later dictator, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, to eliminate his enemies in the aftermath of his victory in the civil war of 83–82 BC. Following his victory at the battle of the Colline Gate, Sulla wanted to take his revenge against the former ...
Faustus Sulla was quaestor in 54 BC. The senate commissioned him to rebuild the curia Hostilia in 52 which had been burned down after the riots which followed the murder of Clodius. [26] After that, the curia was known as the curia Cornelia. His career as an advocate was cut short, however, by the civil war between Pompey and Julius Caesar. He ...
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Koinē Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρlit.'Cleopatra father-loving goddess'; [ note 5 ] 70/69 BC – 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. [ note 6 ] A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder ...
Politics of ancient Rome. The cursus honorum (Latin for 'course of honors', or more colloquially 'ladder of offices'; Latin: [ˈkʊrsʊs hɔˈnoːrũː]) was the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire. It was designed for men of senatorial rank.