During the brutal dictatorship of Lucius Cornelius Sulla (82-79 B.C.), numerous “reforms” were imposed on Roman government institutions, intended to cement the control of the senatorial class and ...
Sulla's entry into Rome in an illustration from 1900. Credit: Internet Archive Book Images / Wikimedia Commons Two of the most conspicuous victims of Marius’ reprisals, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius ...