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Sulla

Roman dictator and general

15 dated entries naming Sulla, drawn from 11 separate years between 138 BCE and 67 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century BC

  • 138 BCELucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman general and statesman (d. 78 BC)source

1st century BC

  • 97 BCESulla displays a lion hunt for the first time in games at Rome.source
  • 92 BCEIn the first diplomatic contact between Rome and Parthia, Sulla meets with a Parthian envoy, resulting in the parties recognizing the Euphrates as a common frontier.source
  • 88 BCEAugust: The consul Lucius Cornelius Sulla becomes the first Roman commander to march on Rome with his army and to capture the city by force. This extraordinary act is prompted by his desire to maintain his proconsular command for the First Mithridatic War in Asia Minor. Sulla then murdered his enemy P. Sulpicius Rufus and forced Gaius Marius to flee to Africa.source
  • 87 BCEFirst Mithridatic War: Siege of Athens (87–86 BC) – Sulla arrives in Greece and from Autumn besieges Athens. He orders Lucius Licinius Lucullus to raise a fleet from Rome's allies around the eastern Mediterranean.source
  • 86 BCEMarch 1 – Siege of Athens (87–86 BC) ends when Sulla captures Athens from the Pontic army, removing the tyrant Aristion.source
  • 82 BCEGaius Carrinas, Roman politician and general (executed by order of Sulla)source
  • 82 BCEQuintus Valerius Soranus, Roman politician and Latin poet (executed by order of Sulla)source
  • 82 BCEMarcus Marius Gratidianus, Roman praetor and politician (executed by order of Sulla)source
  • 82 BCEGaius Marcius Censorinus, Roman politician and general (executed by order of Sulla)source
  • 82 BCEApril: Sulla defeats the consul Gaius Marius the Younger at the Battle of Sacriportus, and takes control of Rome.source
  • 80 BCEBattle of the Baetis River: A force of Populares exiles under Sertorius defeat the legal Roman army of Lucius Fulfidias in Hispania, starting the Sertorian War; Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius takes command on behalf of Sulla.source
  • 79 BCESulla renounces his dictatorship.source
  • 78 BCELucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman general and statesman (b. 138 BC)source
  • 67 BCEJulius Caesar marries Pompeia, a granddaughter of Sullasource

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