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Lucius Cornelius Sulla
(138 - 78 BCE.)
Overview
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Roman General and Statesman
Well Educated
Fluent in Greek as well as Latin
Commonly known as "Sulla"
Was a Roman Consul twice
Was also a Dictator in Rome
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First March on Rome
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After the Social War, after Sulla became
Consul, Sulla went to fight the Mithridatic
war.
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Marius convinced the senate to give him the
command, instead of Sulla
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Sulla took his 6 best legions and went to
march on Rome
Mithridatic War
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Rome vs Mithridates
Sulla and his army (same as from the social
war) were very successful
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ithridates.jpg
Second Civil War (83
BCE.)
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Gaius Marius the Younger vs Sulla
Marius retakes control of Rome while Sulla
is at war
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Many of Sulla's supporters joined his cause
against Marius
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Sulla had 50,000 men in his army
Sulla's Dictatorship
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Sulla ignored the constitution, using his army
to scare the senate and make him dictator
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Sulla's supporters gained lots of money
through his power
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Sulla murdered those who would oppose him
He forced his re-election as consul only 2
Sulla's Effect on Rome
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First ever march (or Civil War) on Rome
Sulla increased the senate size from 300 to
600
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less power to tribunes, more to higher
powers
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Reformed the senate and
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Gaius Marius
(157 - 86 BCE.)
Overview
•Roman General and Statesman
•was a Roman Consul seven times
•commonly known as "Marius"
Political Career
•served in the army at Numantia and had thoughts of a
political career in Rome
•was noticed by Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus
Africanus
•became a military tribune
•became quaestor
•returned as a tribune in 120 BCE
•became praetor in 116 BCE
•was sent to govern Hispania Lusitania from 114 - 113 BCE
•elected consul in 107 - 100 BCE
Marian Reforms
•men could be recruited even if they didn't own
any property
•continued training year round
•each soldier carried his own supplies,
weapons, and multiple days worth of food
•allowed retirement benefits to be land grants
•granted full Roman citizenship to Italian allied
citizens if they fought for Rome
Marian Reforms
•Legion was 10 centuries, 6 cohorts each, with
100 men, 80 legionaries, and 20 noncombatants
•First cohort had 5 double strength centuries,
containing 10 contubernium, which had 8
legionaries and 2 non-combatants
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"Sulla's Dictatorship, 82-79 BC." Career Account Web Pages. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 May 2013.
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