Tacitus: Histories and Annals

Sulla

Family: Roman · Role: noble and military leader · First appears: Histories II.36-40

Life events

  • Marius and Sulla crushed Roman liberty by force and established despotism.(Histories II.36-40 · 📍 Rome)
    • With: Marius
    • “Then came Pompey, whose aims, though less patent, were no better than theirs. From that time onwards the one end sought was supreme power in the state.”

Histories II.36-40

  • enemies with Marius “Marius, rising from the lowest ranks of the people, and Sulla, the most cruel of all the nobles, crushed our liberty by force of arms and substituted a despotism.”

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