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The Life of CORNELIUS SULLA

by Plutarch

Part I. [1–2]

Sulla's ancestry
Early life, habits, associations
Personal appearance

Part II. [3–4]

Campaigns under Caius Marius:
-Jugurthine War
-War against the Cimbri and Teutones.
-Feud

Part III. [5–10] SULLA IN THE EAST

Sulla PRAETOR, the mission to Cappadocia
The Social War
superstition
constancy of character
CONSUL, his marriage
intrigue: Marius, the Mithridatic War
Cinna and the consulship

Part IV. [11–26]

Sulla's departure for Greece
Kingdom of Mithridates
corruption in the army, Sulla's conduct in Greece
peace negotiations
Fimbria's suicide and Sulla's return to Italy
Aristotle's works brought back by Sulla

Part V. [27–32] SULLA IN ITALY

Battle of Mt. Tifata. Scipio. Marius.
Battle of the Colline Gate. The Hippodrome Massacre
change in Sulla's character for the worse
Praeneste.

Part VI. [33–38] SULLA'S DICTATORSHIP

Treatment of Pompey and Lucretius Ofella
Triumph. Sulla Felix
Retirement
Tithing
Death of Metella, remarriage to Valeria, dissolute life
Sulla's Death
His Funeral
His Funeral Monument

LUCIUS CORNELIUS SULLA (FELIX)
patrician (138–78 B.C.)

OFFICE:	DATES:
QUAESTOR	107 B.C. (with Marius, in Africa)
Proquaestor	105
Propraetor	105
Envoy	106, 105
Legatus	104, 103
Tribunus militum	103
Legatus	102-101
PRAETOR URBANUS	93
Propraetor	92, Governor of Cilicia
Legatus	90, 89
CONSUL	88
Proconsul	87-84, Greece, Macedonia, Asia
Proconsul	83-81, Italy
DICTATOR REIPUBLICAE CONSTITUENDAE	Dec. 82–June 1, 81
CONSUL II	80

Augur	from before 88 to his death in 78

June 1, 2009 2:43 PM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu