Sulla

Family: Romans · Role: general · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 20

At Athens, after the walls were captured and Taxilus was defeated at Chæronea, Sulla imprisoned his Athenian adversaries in the Ceramicus and ordered their decimation. When Aristion sought refuge in Athene’s temple, Sulla dragged him out and put him to death.

In Book 9, Sulla took half the Theban territory and, at Helicon, dedicated a statue of Dionysus that he had taken from the Orchomenian Minyæ. At Alalcomenæ he removed Athene’s old ivory statue, after which her temple was neglected. At Chæronea, Sulla and the Romans erected two trophies for their victories over Taxilus and the army of Mithridates.

Relationship record

Life events

• The walls at Athens were captured, and Taxilus was defeated at Chæronea.(Book 1 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Athens)
  • With: Taxilus
  • “the third day after news came to both the Roman camps, to Sulla that the walls at Athens had been carried, and to the force besieging Athens that Taxilus had been defeated at Chæronea.”
• Sulla imprisoned his Athenian adversaries in the Ceramicus and ordered their decimation.(Book 1 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Ceramicus)
  • “he shut up in the Ceramicus all his Athenian adversaries, and ordered them to be decimated by lot.”
• Sulla dragged Aristion from the temple of Athene and put him to death.(Book 1 · Chapter 20 · 📍 the temple of Athene)
  • With: Aristion
  • “because when Aristion fled for refuge to the temple of Athene he tore him away and put him to death.”
• Sulla took half the Theban territory.(Book 9 · Chapter 7 · 📍 Bœotia)
  • “But Sulla was wroth with them, and found out other means of injuring them, and took half their territory on the following pretext.”
• Sulla offered a Dionysus statue after taking it from the Orchomenian Minyæ.(Book 9 · Chapter 30 · 📍 Helicon)
  • With: Dionysus
  • “At Helicon are also a brazen Apollo and Hermes contending about a lyre, and a Dionysus by Lysippus, and an upright statue of Dionysus, the votive offering of Sulla, by Myro, the next best work to his Erechtheus at Athens. But Sulla did not offer it of his own possessions, but took it from the Orchomenian Minyæ.”
• Sulla removed Athene’s old ivory statue from her temple.(Book 9 · Chapter 33 · 📍 Alalcomenæ)
  • With: Athene
  • “there was an old ivory statue of the goddess, which was taken away by Sulla”
• Athene’s temple was neglected after Sulla removed her statue.(Book 9 · Chapter 33 · 📍 Alalcomenæ)
  • With: Athene
  • “And the temple of Athene at Alalcomenæ was neglected after the statue of the goddess was removed.”
• Sulla and the Romans defeated Taxilus and Mithridates's army and erected two trophies.(Book 9 · Chapter 40 · 📍 Chæronea)
  • With: Taxilus Mithridates
  • “There are two trophies erected at Chæronea by Sulla and the Romans, for the victories over Taxilus and the army of Mithridates.”

Book 1 · Chapter 20

• enemies with Aristion (Sulla killed Aristion after removing him from the temple.) “when Aristion fled for refuge to the temple of Athene he tore him away and put him to death”
• enemies with Zeus “I do not consider this the cause of his malady, but the wrath of Zeus the God of Suppliants, because when Aristion fled for refuge to the temple of Athene he tore him away and put him to death.”

Book 9 · Chapter 7

• enemies with Mithridates “When he began the war with Mithridates”

Book 9 · Chapter 30

• with Dionysus (Sulla offered the statue as a votive offering.) “an upright statue of Dionysus, the votive offering of Sulla, by Myro”

Book 9 · Chapter 33

• with Athene (Sulla removed Athene’s statue.) “Some distance from the village in the plain is a temple of Athene, and there was an old ivory statue of the goddess, which was taken away by Sulla”

Book 9 · Chapter 40

• enemies with Taxilus “There are two trophies erected at Chæronea by Sulla and the Romans, for the victories over Taxilus and the army of Mithridates.”
• enemies with Mithridates “There are two trophies erected at Chæronea by Sulla and the Romans, for the victories over Taxilus and the army of Mithridates.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.