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Sulla - Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138-78 B.C.)
Sulla was a Roman political and military leader involved in the Roman revolution.

Roman Military Leaders
Profiles of Roman military leaders Agrippa, Brutus, Camillus, Cincinnatus, Horatius, Marius, Scipio Africanus, Stilicho, and Sulla.

Proscription
Proscription was developed by Sulla as a legal or extra-legal way to dispose of his enemies and collect his enemies' property.

Roman Revolution and Civil Wars
From Sanderson Beck. Details of the competition between Marius and Sulla and the events after Marius' death leading to the re-establishment of the aristocratic senate.

Rome: Crisis of the Republic
Richard Hooker points out how Sulla tried to bring back the old republican government, but by using his army to kill his opponents, he introduced dangerous new techniques.