Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Title: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 483 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a Roman general and dictator during the last century
of the Roman Republic. Lucius was born into an impoverished branch of the Cornelii, and he
lived a poor and dissolute existence until he received two family inheritances that finally gave him the
financial stature to run for office. Sulla came from a patrician family, served as consul, and led
military campaigns in North Africa, and against Mithradates of Pontus. In his
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public lists, soon surpassed all Roman precedents. As the murders were
legalized, the property of the victims, naturally including many very rich men, went to Sulla's
friends. The dictator reorganized the government with measures which would remove any
popular check on the senate. Sulla also founded a number of colonies for his veterans. In 80
B.C. he retired. His so-called reforms did not last. Sulla's dictatorship was notorious for its
cruelty and lack of legality.