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 ...
Explore the rise of Lucius Cornelius Sulla amidst political chaos and rivalry with Gaius Marius, leading to civil war in Rome ...
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 ...