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Sulla, Lucius Cornelius
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
or A Roman of patrician birth; leader of the aristocratic party in Rome, and the rival of Marius (q. v .), under whom he got his first lessons in war; rose to distinction in arms afterwards, and during his absence the popular party gained the ascendency, and Marius, who had been banished, was recalled; the blood of his friends had been shed in torrents, and himself proscribed; on the death of Marius he returned with his army, glutted his vengeance by the sacrifice of thousands of the opposite faction, celebrated his victory by a triumph of unprecedented splendour, and caused himself to be proclaimed Dictator 81 B.C.; he ruled with absolute power two years after, and then resigning his dictatorship retired into private life; d . 76 B.C. at the age of 60.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sulla, Lucius Cornelius'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/sulla-lucius-cornelius.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
